Prof. İsmail Güleç, born in Kadıköy in 1970, is a scholar of Old Turkish Literature and Turkish Mystic Literature, particularly renowned for his work on Mevlana's Masnavi and its Turkish translations and commentaries. He earned his PhD from Istanbul University with a dissertation on İsmail Hakkı Bursevi’s Masnavi commentary, Rûhu’l-Masnavi. Currently a professor at Istanbul Medeniyet University, Güleç has published numerous books and articles, including Rûhu’l-Mesnevi and Türk Edebiyatında Mesnevi Tercüme ve Şerhleri.