Graduated from the Faculty of Theology of Uludağ University, Ramazan Yıldırım received his PhD from Ankara University. Appointed as Assoc. Prof. at Istanbul University, he is currently working as the editor-in-chief of Ru’ye Türkiyye published in Arabic by SETA Foundation. He authored the books entitled “Hilafet Tartışmaları” and “Mutezile’nin Kelamî Polemikleri.” He has been working on religion-state relations, Ilm al-Kalam and modern Islamist movements.