Şükrü Şimdi received a bachelor's degree from Ege University, Faculty of Communication Department of Journalism, in 2017, and completed his master's degree in 2021 at the Department of Communication Studies at Cukurova University. As part of his field research conducted in Mersin's multi-layered Demirtas neighborhood, he finished his thesis work on the perceptions of neighborhood residents towards Syrian immigrants. He continues his studies at the Ege University Faculty of Communication at the doctoral level. His research interests include migration and the media, the phenomenon of migration in the context of the right to communicate and hate speech against immigrants.