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.