Dr Karaman is one of the most prominent scholars of Islam in Türkiye, and the pre-eminent scholar of Islamic law (shariah) there. He publishes popular academic texts extensively and writes a weekly column in the newspaper Yeni Safak (‘New Dawn’). His long career in academia has garnered him much respect. At the pinnacle of his career, Karaman was a dean at Türkiye’s premier university, Marmara University. He left this position at the height of the headscarf controversy in 2001.