Having received his BA in the Faculty of Theology at Marmara University, his MA at the department of in the Institute for Social Sciences on Social Structure and Social Change, Mahir Ünal is currently pursuing his PhD studies at the department of Sociology at Istanbul University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Since 2004, he has participated in the strategy team that prepares the election campaigns of AK Party (Justice and Development Party). He was elected as the Deputy of Kahramanmaraş for the 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th parliamentary terms. He acted as the Group Deputy Chairman, the Minister of Culture and Tourism for the 64th Government. He worked as the Vice Chairman in charge of Publicity and Media and Party Spokesperson.