After graduating with honors (third in the faculty) from Istanbul University Faculty of Law, he completed his master's (thesis: "Offenses Against the Banking System in the Context of Economic Crimes and Banking Crimes") and doctoral (thesis: "Crimes Arising from Misrepresentation in the Capital Market") programs at the Public Law Department of the Institute of Social Sciences affiliated to the same University. He prepared a study titled "The Concept and Term of Action in Criminal Law with an Interdisciplinary Approach: A Comparative Study with German and English Literature" as his associate professorship monographic work. He was in Germany at different times to conduct scientific research for his doctoral and associate professorship studies. He has various publications in Turkish, German, and English in the fields of general provisions of criminal law, special provisions of criminal law, criminal procedure law, criminal enforcement law, economic criminal law, international criminal law, sports criminal law, and victimology.

Selman Dursun continues to serve as the Head of the Criminal Law Department at Istanbul University Faculty of Law.

Languages: English, German