Assoc.Prof.Dr.Muhittin Tolga Özsağlam got PhD degree at the department of Political Science and International Relations, Marmara University-İstanbul in 2006. His academic researches on Russia and Caucasus and also he is doing various studies on Mediterranean and Cyprus issues recently. Özsağlam continues his academic studies at the department of International Relations, European University of Lefke in North Cyprus.