Muammer İskenderoğlu was born in Trabzon in 1972. Upon receiving his primary and secondary education in his hometown he went to Istanbul where he graduated from Theological Faculty of Marmara University in 1993. In 1994 He won a scholarship from Turkish Higher Education Council to continue postgraduate studies in abroad. For this purpose, in 1995 he went to England. He received M.A. degree from Manchester University in 1997 and PhD degree from Birmingham University in 2001. After returning home, he started working at Sakarya University. In 2005 he received a one-year scholarship from Ministry of Education on Arabic Language and Literature and went to Jordan where he attended courses at the University of Jordan. In 2009 summer term he went to Loghatnameh Dehkhoda Institute & ICPS at the University of Tehran to study Persian. In 2010 summer term he joined courses in Imam Sadiq University in Tehran. In 2011 spring term, he did research in Catholic University of Leuven. Between 2017-2021 he worked at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University in Rize. He is currently working at Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University where he teaches and writes on Muslim and Christian Thought.
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