Selçuk Aydın graduated from the Department of International Relations at Ankara University, and he completed his master’s degree in political economy of the Middle East and PhD in the Defence Studies Department, School of Security Studies at King’s College London. He worked as a senior researcher at the TRT World Research Center, played a role in the establishment of TRT World Forum and TRT Broadcasting Strategy Center, and participated as a manager in various projects at TRT. He has published articles, book chapters, and opinions on Türkiye’s history, social movements, diaspora, Kurdish and Middle East studies, world order, and politics. He is currently an assistant professor at Boğaziçi University.