He was born in 1977 in Ankara. He completed his primary education (1988), his “al-hıfz” process (1991) and his Imam Hatip education (1994) in Konya. He received his Bachelor of Science (1998) education at Selcuk University Faculty of Theology, and Master's (2000) and Doctorate (2007) education at Selcuk University Social Sciences Institute, Department of Hadith. In 1999, he conducted research on his field in Amman for ten months. He worked as a teacher and administrator in schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in Mersin and Konya between 2001-2011. He worked as a member of the Department of Hadith at Malatya Faculty of Theology (2011-2014) and at Kırıkkale University Faculty of Islamic Sciences (2014-2017). Between 2017-2022, he continued his academic career with the title of Associate Professor at Pamukkale University Faculty of Theology Department of Hadith. Ürkmez, who is part of Ankara Social Sciences University as of 2022, speaks Arabic (96) and English (74). He is married and has three children.

Moral Hadith

Sunnah-Mentality Relationship

Relationship between Hadith and Social Sciences

Critical Edition Methods and Literature

Ottoman Period Hadith Studies

Systematics of Basic Hadith Sources