He graduated from Ankara İmam Hatip Lisesi in 1976 and served as an imam in Alaca for some time.
In 1981, he graduated from İstanbul Yüksek İslam Enstitüsü (Night section) Tafsir-Hadith in first place.
He was sent to Egypt by Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı for a period of two years during when he earned master's degree in Hadith from Al-Azhar University in Cairo.
After that, he got his MA degree at Marmara University's Divinity College, under Hadith section, whilst attending Diyanet's Haseki Education Center.
He claimed, asked on the debate on new abortion law proposal which is expected to restrict abortions, that "Islam is more permissive than Christianity" and that the issue is rather political than religious, and that the ruling party is trying to distract attentions from a recent governmental failure that caused killing of 35 villagers in Southeastern Turkey.