In 2008, he completed his undergraduate degree in Political Science and International Relations at Marmara University and in 2011 he completed his master's degree in Political Science and International Relations at Yıldız Technical University with his thesis titled “Syrian Foreign Policy and National Interest: 1990- 2010” at Yıldız Technical University Political Science and International Relations program in 2011. In 2017, he completed his PhD in Istanbul University Political Science and International Relations program with a thesis titled “Muslim Brotherhood Organization in the Light of the Institutionalization Problem of the Islamic Movement”. Mercan conducts research on Middle East Politics in general. Mercan, who has written various academic articles in this field, has a book titled Syria: Regime and Foreign Policy and Transformation of the Muslim World in the 21st Century.