Murat Kayalik (Res. Assist.) received his undergraduate (2012) and graduate (2014) degrees from Ankara University.

In 2015, he started his doctorate program in the field of Tafsir at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University. 
Kayalik's academic interests are as follows; Quranic Sciences, classical Quranic exegesis, the ishârî/mystical tradition and Sufi hermeneutics.

He joined Social Sciences University of Ankara in May 2017.

Kayalik studied classical Madrasah Studies, Modern Standard Arabic and English during his undergraduate, graduate and doctorate education. 
He has also been to the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Egypt and Jordan for educational purposes and speaks Dutch, English, Arabic and German.