Necmettin Bilal was born on 23 April 1981, the second child of and . He has three siblings: , Sümeyye Erdoğan and Esra Erdoğan. After finishing secondary school at Kartal Anadolu İmam Hatip Lisesi in 1999, Erdoğan moved to the United States, and graduated from with a bachelor's degree in political science and economics. He then earned a master's degree from the at in 2004.