Talip Küçükcan was born in 1963 in Osmaniye. Küçükcan graduated from Uludağ University Faculty of Theology in1986, received an MA from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in 1990, and a PhD in ethnic relations from the University of Warwick in 1997. He worked as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations at the University of Warwick between 1997 and 1999. Before moving to Marmara University Faculty of Theology, he was a senior research fellow at the Center for Islamic Studies (İSAM) in Istanbul until 2007. He served as a Senior Advisor to the President of Higher Education Council of Türkiye between 2009 and 2013. He was the Director of Institute for Middle East Studies at Marmara University between 2011 and 2014. As a founding member, he worked for SETA, Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research where he was the Editor-in-Chief of Insight Turkey, a policy journal until 2015. He was also the Director of Foreign Policy Research at SETA. Küçükcan was appointed as the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims for 2014 and 2015. He was the President of the Union of Academicians and Writers of the Muslim World between 2018 and 2021, (AY-BİR) a civil society association based in Istanbul.

Küçükcan has served as a Member of Grand National Assembly of Türkiye between 7 June 2015 and 24 June 2018. He was head of the Turkish Delegation to and the Deputy President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and member of Foreign Relations Committee at the Turkish Parliament between 2015 and 2017. Küçükcan served as the Deputy Chairman of Political and Legal Affairs of the Justice and Development Party until July 2016. He also served as member of the OSCE PA of the Turkish delegation. He was Professor of Sociology at Marmara University before being appointed as Ambassador of Türkiye to Indonesia.

His publications include:

Arab Image in Modern Turkey: Memory, Popular Culture and Public Perception, (Edited by Talip Küçükcan), İstanbul: Çamlıca Yayınları, 2023, ISBN 9786258427233, 252pages. https://www.ilahiyatvakfi.com/kitap/arab-image-in-modern-turkey-memory-popular-culture-and-public-perception-talip-ku-cu-kcan-9786258427233

Global Disruptions and the Making of a New Middle East, (edited by Talip Kucukcan), İstanbul: TRT World Research Centre, 2022, ISBN 9786059984386, 253 pages. https://researchcentre.trtworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Global_Disruptions.pdf

Türkiye'de Arap İmajı: Toplumsal Hafıza, Popüler Kültür, Kamuoyu (Arab İmage in Turkey: Social Memory, Popular Culture, Public Opinion), (Edited by Talip Küçükcan), İstanbul: Çamlıca Yayınları, 2022, ISBN 9786258427158, 216pages. https://www.ilahiyatvakfi.com/kitap/turkiye-de-arap-imaji-toplumsal-hafiza-popu-ler-ku-ltu-r-kamuoyu-talip-kucukcan-9786258427158

Küresel Güçlerin Müdahaleciliği: Darbeler ve Demokrasi, (Editör), İstanbul:Üsküdar Belediyesi Yayınları, June 2022, ISBN 9786059719810, 167 pages.

Politics of Ethnicity, Identity and Religion: Turkish-Muslims in Britain, Avebury: Ashgate, December, 1999

Diaspora Türkleri (Turkish Diaspora), İstanbul, 2021.

Dogal Afetler ve Din: Marmara Depremi Uzerine Psiko-Sosyolojik Bir Arastirma (Natural Disasters and Religion) (co-authored with Ali Kose), ISAM, Istanbul, 2000

EuroTurks and Turkey-EURelations: The Dutch Case, (co-authored with V. Gungor), Turkevi Research Centre, Amsterdam, 2006

AB Ulkelerinde Din-Devlet Iliskileri, (State-Religion Relations in EU Countries), (co-edited with Ali Kose) Istanbul: Center for Islamic Research

Turks in Europe: Culture, Identity and Integration, (Co-edited with V. Gungor), Amsterdam: Turkevi Research Centre, Amsterdam, 2009.

Türkiye’de Yüksek Öğretim: Karşılaştırmalı Bir Analiz (Higher Education in Turkey: A Comparative Analysis) (with Bekir S. Gur), Ankara: Seta Foundation, 2009

Yükseköğretimde Kalite Güvencesi (Quality Assurance in Higher Education) (with Mahmut Ozer and BekirS. Gur), Ankara: Seta Foundation, 2010