He was born in 1979 in İspir-Erzurum. After completing his primary and secondary education in Ankara, he graduated from Hacettepe University, Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics in 2003. In 2006, he completed his master's degree (with scholarship) in Mathematics Teaching at the Graduate School of Education at Bilkent University. During his master's degree, he was a Fulbright Scholar at Iowa State University, USA. In 2016, he graduated from Ahmet Yesevi University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Computer Engineering. After completing the internal auditing training and exams of the Internal Audit Coordination Board of the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, he holds an A1 level Public Internal Auditor certificate.

 

In terms of work experience, he worked at the Turkish School of Army Aviation within the Turkish State Meteorological Service (TSMS) between 1997-2004, at the Department of External Relations of TSMS between 2004-2005, and at the Analysis and Forecasting/Warning Directorate of the Forecasting Department of TSMS between 2005-2022. He took part as a senior trainer in national and international trainings on aviation meteorology, weather forecasting, marine forecasting, early warning systems, and verification of the forecasts. He participated in training activities, workshops, and conferences of international organizations such as WMO (World Meteorological Organization), ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts), EUMETSAT (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites). He worked as a member of WMO Early Warning, Marine Meteorology, CAS (Commission for Atmospheric Science) commissions, and as a delegate of Türkiye.

 

In October 2022, he started to work as an Engineer and Technical Inspector at the Air Navigation Department of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. In March 2023, he was appointed as Deputy Head of the Flight Operations Department, and he was appointed as the Head of the Flight Operations Department in September 2023. He is mainly responsible for the Flight Standards Directorate, Flight Crew Licensing Directorate, Aircraft Registry Directorate, SAFA Directorate, Aeromedical Directorate, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Hot Air Balloon Operations Directorate. He is married with two daughters.