Ayfer Erdogan (Born in 19/ 6/ 1985) studied  Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages Education  at  Middle East Technical University (Ankara) and graduated in 2007. She completed her Master Degree in International Relations and Politics with Specialization in  Eurasian Studies, at Uppsala University, Sweden in 2010. Meanwhile, she worked as an intern journalist in EU-Turkey News (AB Haber) in  the  European Parliament for six months. Her research interests include democratic transition, Third Wave of Democratization, Islam and democracy and the Arab Spring. Currently, she is PhD candidate at the Department of International Relations and Political Science at Yıldız Technical University in Istanbul.