Dr. Emir Kaya is a Professor and head of the Department of General Public Law at Ankara Social Sciences University. His scholarship spans the intersections of religion, law, and the modern state, with particular focus on Turkey’s secular governance model and its reconfiguration of Islamic authority. Holding a Ph.D. in Law from SOAS, University of London, an M.A. in Theology from Harvard University, and a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy from Indiana University–Bloomington, Dr. Kaya brings both legal expertise and theological depth to his work. He has served as a rapporteur judge at the Constitutional Court of Turkey and as a legal advisor at the Ministry of National Education. His book, Secularism and State Religion in Modern Turkey: Law, Policy-Making and the Diyanet, offers a comprehensive study of how the Diyanet was shaped into a cornerstone of Turkey’s Islamo-secular governance.