Prof. Dr. Halil Kürşad Aslan earned his B.A. in Political Science and Public Administration from Middle East Technical University in 1994, followed by an M.A. in Political History and International Relations from Marmara University in 1999. He completed his Ph.D. in Political Science at Kent State University in Ohio, USA, in 2011.
From 2011 to 2015, Dr. Aslan served as an Assistant Professor at Eskişehir Osmangazi University. He joined Istanbul Medipol University in 2015 as a faculty member in the Department of Political Science and International Relations, where he was promoted to full Professor in 2025. He currently serves as Chair of the department.
His research focuses on international political economy, Central Asian politics, humanitarian aid, foreign policy, and global affairs.