He completed his undergraduate studies at the Department of Turkish Language and Literature at Anadolu University in Eskişehir, and his postgraduate studies in the Department of Turkish Language and Literature at the Institute of Postgraduate Education, Artvin Çoruh University. He is currently pursuing his doctoral thesis, entitled ‘The Image of the Sea and Seafaring in Classical Turkish Poetry’, within the Doctoral Programme in Turkish Language and Literature at the Institute of Postgraduate Education, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Foundation University. The study aims to elucidate the process of development and transformation undergone by the image of the sea and seafaring in classical Turkish poetry up to the 16th century. In this study, which covers both mesnevis and divans, elements relating to the sea and seafaring are examined using an image-centred approach; in particular, mesnevis are analysed with reference to narrative theories (Joseph Campbell, A. J. Greimas) and semiotic analysis methods.