Assoc. Prof. Murat Yeşiltaş has completed his BA and MA at the Department of International Relations of Sakarya University, in 2003 and 2009, respectively. He earned his PhD at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Marmara University in 2012 with the thesis titled “Locating Turkey: Geopolitical Mentality and the Army in Turkey.” Yeşiltaş was a visiting researcher at the Department of European Studies and International Politics of Lancaster University between 2008 and 2009. He was a visiting researcher at Virginia Tech State University, Institute of Government and International Affairs in 2010-2011. 

Dr. Yesiltas current researches are on international security, terrorism, military studies, non-state conflicts, Turkish foreign and security policy. He is currently working on the following research projects The Rise of Kurdish Geopolitical Space, Border Security in the Middle East and The New Regional Security Project in the Middle East (NRSP). His recent books are Türkiye Dünyanın Neresinde? Hayali Coğrafyalar, Çarpışan Anlatılar (edit) (koç Ünivesitesi Yayınları, 2015) Jeopolitik Zihniyet ve Türkiye’de Ordu (Kadim, 2016), Non-State Military Actors in the Middle East: Geopolitics,Strategy and Ideology (edit) (Palgrave McMillan,2017); When Strategy Collapse: The Failure of the PKK’s Urban Terrorist Campaing (SETA Publishing 2018); Ortadoğu’da Devlet Dışı Silahlı Aktörler: Terör Örgütleri, Milisler ve Vekil Güçler, (SETA Yayınları, 2019).