Dr. Ayhan Öztürk graduated from Gazi University’s Department of Classroom Teaching in 2008. He completed his master’s degree in Classroom Teaching at Gazi University in 2013. As an official scholar of the Turkish Ministry of National Education (MoNE), he completed his PhD in Educational Leadership, Administration, and Supervision at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2020. 

He served as a classroom teacher and school administrator from 2008 to 2016. In 2020, he was appointed as a National Education Specialist to the Board of Education at the MoNE. Between 2020 and 2023, he served as the coordinator of the Turkish and Language Education Research and Development Center, the Development of Foreign Language Education Project, and the President’s Private Office. In July 2023, he was appointed the Head of the Research, Development, Project, and Monitoring Department of the Strategy Development Directorate. 

He has chaired organizing committees, led educational initiatives, and managed numerous national and international conferences and workshops within the MoNE. His research focuses on teacher and administrator leadership, professional development, international projects, and the monitoring and evaluation of institutional strategic plans.