Salih Soysal completed his Master’s degree in International Relations at Kadir Has University in 2024 and his Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences and International Relations at Yıldız Technical University in 2021. His research focuses on transformations in the economic and political structure of the state, particularly in the context of developmental state models and Marxist theory, with an emphasis on authoritarianism, neoliberal policies, and state-capital relations.