Mert Alpbaz graduated from Bilkent University Faculty of Law. He holds a LLM in Law and Economics from Bilkent University. His research as a fellow covered compilation of data (papers, books, media articles etc.) about Turkey’s constitution making and amendment process in 2011-2013 and 2017. Alpbaz has been writing his doctoral thesis titled “Anayasa Mahkemesi Kararlarında Kemalizm: Analitik Bir İnceleme” [Kemalism in the Decisions of the Turkish Constitutional Court: An Analytical Examination]. His primary research areas are Constitutional Judiciary, Kemalism in Turkish Constitutional Court’s decisions, constitutions and ideologies, authoritarian regimes and constitutions, Turkish constitutional history.