Born in 1967 in Mersin, Turkey. Moved to Istanbul with his family at an early age. During his secondary school years he took private piano lessons from Hülya Saydam. In 1984, he entered into the composition department of Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory, Istanbul and became a student of Erçivan Saydam, Adnan Saygun and Ilhan Usmanbaş. He graduated in 1991, earned his Master’s degree in 1994 and pursued his Proficiency in Arts studies until 1996 — all in the same institution. Upon receiving a full scholarship from the Higher Education Council (Ankara), he studied composition with Lukas Foss and Marjorie Merryman at Boston University (1996–99). Earning his DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) degree from BU, returned to Istanbul and resumed his teaching task in his native institution, MSU State Conservatory. He became an associate professor in 2001, professor of composition and the chair of Composition and Orchestral Conducting Program in 2009. He was the chair of Composition Division at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory between 2004-09. His music has been performed in Moldavia, Turkey, Netherlands, USA, Germany, England, Australia, Morocco, Greece, Austria, Poland, Italy, Denmark, France, Portugal, Japan and Bulgaria, received prizes in the USA, Germany, Turkey, Bulgaria and Italy, and issued on CDs in Turkey, Germany and USA. His pieces have been performed by ensembles such as Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Moskva New Music Ensemble, Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra, members of the Moldavian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s 10:10 Ensemble, ALEA III, The MIAM New Music Ensemble, Eastman School of Music Percussion Ensemble, Boston University Percussion Ensemble, Bilkent Su Trio, Boulanger Trio, Interensemble Trio, the piano trios of Storstrøms Kammerensemble and Orchestrutopica.

As a composer he is interested in discovering musico-cultural connections that, on the surface, are apparently remote or even incompatible. His music gains a vital impetus from diversity and opposition. He considers a variety of dualisms, such as cultural, historical, structural, timbral, spatial, acoustical, potentially fertile.