Göktuğ Çalışkan graduated from Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University with a double major in Political Science and Public Administration and International Relations. He completed his master's degree at Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University. Also a graduate of the Erciyes University Faculty of Law, the author is currently pursuing his doctoral studies at the International University of Rabat (UIR) in Morocco as a Ministry of National Education (MEB) scholar. Çalışkan specializes in religion, state, and security architecture in the Sahel region.