Cem Tecimer earned his primary law degree (LLB) from Koc University Law School (Istanbul), where he ranked first in his class.  He then earned his Master of Laws degree (LLM) from Harvard Law School as a Fulbright scholar, and continues his doctoral studies at the same institution. He has been published in the International Journal of Constitutional Law and contributes regularly to Verfassungsblog. His primary research areas include Turkish and American constitutional law, comparative constitutional law, Islamic constitutionalism, and democratization.