He had his BSc at 1983, MSc at 1988 and PhD at 1997. He worked as executive staff at `Turkish National Spatial Data Infrastructure Project (preparatory works) phase I and II` and Land Registry and Cadastre Information System (TAKBIS). He was the critical research staff worked at CORS-TR project group.
Parallel to his practitioner engagements, he is also active in academic and research institutions and a part-time lecturer at the university. After retiring from the Turkish General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre, he has been working in the private sector for several years.
Besides, he has been involved in various geodetic and surveying – photogrammetric mapping, regional/urban planning, agriculture-based land use planning, software development, consultancy etc. projects in Turkey, Libya and neighbouring countries.
He had presented/published more than 50 papers for various academic publications.
He is also the Vice President of FIG.