Born in Istanbul in 1968, Prof. Dr. Süleyman Kızıltoprak graduated from Boğaziçi University's Department of History in 1995. He received his master's degree from Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts in 1997 and his doctorate from Marmara University in 2001.

Kızıltoprak is the author of several books, including: 'The Last Century of the Ottoman Empire in Egypt', 'The British Occupation in Egypt; The Ottoman Diplomatic War: 1882-1887', 'The Foreign Policy of Abdul Hamid II and Operation Taşöz', 'The 15th Important Egyptian Register: Important Documents of Egyptian Political History from Mehmed Ali Pasha to Hüseyin Kamil', 'Property Politics on the Road to the Modern State: Law, Administration and Production in Ottoman Syria', and 'Libya Through the Eyes of an Ottoman Major During the Reign of Abdul Hamid II'.

Prof. Dr. Süleyman Kızıltoprak has served as Vice Rector at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts and as Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Yalova University. He has also held positions at the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) and served as a senior executive at the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) between 2013 and 2018.