Mehmet Alici,
He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Theology in 2002. He was appointed to the same faculty as a Research Assistant at the end of 2002. He received his master's degree in 2005 and doctorate degree in 2012 at Istanbul University Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Philosophy and Religious Sciences. In the 2010-2011 academic year, he studied as a visiting researcher at the University of California, Irvine, S. M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies in the USA to conduct research on his doctoral thesis. In the 2016-2017 academic year, he worked as a visiting researcher at Iranian Studies, Concordia University in Canada for a post-doctoral research project. He worked at Istanbul University (2002-2013) and Mardin Artuklu University (2013-2023). He has been working at Ankara Social Sciences University since April 2023. Working on ancient Iranian religious traditions before Islam, especially Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism, Alici's doctoral thesis was published in a book titled Religion in Ancient Iran: The Magi Understanding of God from Monotheism to Dualism (Moonlight, 2012/MilelNihal 2021). His research on Manichaeism, which is a Gnostic tradition, has been published under the name Mani the Messenger of Light and his Gnostic Thought (DivanBook, 2018). Continuing his research on the encounters in the Iranian geography during the Islamization process, Alici is also interested in subjects such as gnostic traditions, Jahiliyya period, mythology and the thought of israq.

Ancient Iranian Religions: Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism, in special.

The Religion-Politics Relations in Ancient Iran.

Gnostic Tradition.

Jahiliyyah Period in Arabian Peninsula.

The Interaction Ishraq Thought an Ancient Iranian Traditions.