Born in Balıkesir 1994. He completed his primary education in Malatya and his secondary education in Ankara. He graduated from the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Boğaziçi University in 2018. He began his career working at the Istanbul office of EY, a financial auditing and consulting firm. Following this experience, he completed a master’s degree in international relations at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Boston between 2021 and 2023. After completing his master’s degree, Mustafa Gül continued as a Research Assistant at the Fletcher Russia and Eurasia Programme, affiliated with the Fletcher School. Following this experience, he worked as a Research Assistant in the Turkey Studies Programme at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a Washington-based think tank. He continues to work as an independent political risk analyst, a role he began in 2024, and as a Member of Parliament Advisor, a position he started in 2025.