Muammer İskenderoğlu was born in Trabzon in 1972. Upon receiving his primary and secondary education in his hometown he went to Istanbul where he graduated from Theological Faculty of Marmara University in 1993. In 1994 He won a scholarship from Turkish Higher Education Council to continue postgraduate studies in abroad. For this purpose, in 1995 he went to England. He received M.A. degree from Manchester University in 1997 and PhD degree from Birmingham University in 2001. After returning home, he started working at Sakarya University. In 2005 he received a one-year scholarship from Ministry of Education on Arabic Language and Literature and went to Jordan where he attended courses at the University of Jordan. In 2009 summer term he went to Loghatnameh Dehkhoda Institute & ICPS at the University of Tehran to study Persian. In 2010 summer term he joined courses in Imam Sadiq University in Tehran. In 2011 spring term, he did research in Catholic University of Leuven. Between 2017-2021 he worked at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University in Rize. He is currently working at Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University where he teaches and writes on Muslim and Christian Thought.

Azamat Maksüdünov (Ph.D.) is an educator with over a decade of experience in the field of business academia. He is a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Florida Atlantic University for the academic year 2023-2024. Currently, he is a full-time associate professor at Kyrgyz - Turkish Manas University, Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Management. Dr. Maksüdünov has authored or co-authored 44 articles, 40 conference papers, 10 book chapters, and 4 books. He received the Best Paper Award at the 26th World Business Congress organized by the International Management Development Association (IMDA) in May 2016, as well as a Certificate of Honor from the Ministry of Education and Science of Kyrgyzstan in December 2021.