Burak Güneş graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of International Relations at Ankara University. Following graduation, he went to the United Kingdom to study for a master’s degree in 2011 with the Ministry of National Education Scholarship (YLSY). He studied international law at the University of Sussex Law School and completed his master’s degree with his thesis on private military companies and the responsibility of states. After his graduation, Güneş began work as a research assistant in the International Relations Department at Kırşehir Ahi Evran University in 2013. The same year, he enrolled as a Ph.D. student in the Middle East Technical University International Relations Department. He earned the title of Ph.D. in 2019 with his doctoral thesis entitled “International Law on States Arming Non-State Groups in the Other States.” He has worked as an assistant professor in the International Relations Department at Kırşehir Ahi Evran University since 2021.