Ahmet Murat Özel received a PhD in Islamic philosophy and Sufi studies from Selçuk University in Konya. Having previously taught Sufi thought and literature at Ibn Haldun University, he currently teaches in the Faculty of Islamic Sciences at Istanbul Medeniyet University. A published poet, Professor Özel has also written widely on Sufism in North Africa and Turkish Sufi literature, and is Editor-in-Chief of the monthly magazine Nihayet. His academic monographs include such titles as Taşı Taşırmak: Bir Cami Risalesi (2023), Hikâyem Ne Tuhaftır: Ebu’l-Hasan eş-Şüşterî’nin Tasavvuf Anlayışı (2018), and İbn Ataullah el-İskenderî- Hayatı, Eserleri, Görüşleri (2014).
