Born in Istanbul/Beykoz in 1960.
He graduated from Kabataş Boys' High School in 1977 and Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 1984.
After his 2-year compulsory service in Samsun, he completed his specialty training at Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Department of Urology, between 1986 and 1991.
In 1996, he worked on Urooncology at the Department of Urology at Miami University.
He received the title of Associate Professor in 2000 and Professor in 2007 at Cerrahpaşa Department of Urology.
He has been continuing his professional life in his practice, focusing on Urooncology, Endourology and Laparoscopic Urology, since 2014.
He served as the president of the Turkish Urooncology Association between 2019 and 2021.
He is a member of the Association of Urological Surgery, the Association of Minimally Invasive Urology, the American Urological Association (AUA), and the European Association of Urology (EAU).
In addition to numerous international and national publications, he has authored book chapters and edited books.