Murat Ocak holds a Bachelor's Degree from the Faculty of Economy at Istanbul University. He holds a Ph.D. in Business from Istanbul University. He has served in various academic and administrative positions since 2013. His research interests are audit quality and corporate governance. He published his papers in some reputable journals such as Gender in Management, Managerial Auditing Journal, Asian Review of Accounting, Journal of Business Ethics, and Borsa Istanbul Review. He served as an ad-hoc reviewer in some journals such as Financial Innovation, Journal of Behavioral Finance and British Accounting Review. He presented his papers at the EARNET and IAAER. He taught some courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels.