In 1990, he graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine.
In 1991, he started his cardiology specialisation at Istanbul Kosuyolu Heart Hospital. He completed his specialisation at the same hospital in 1995 and became Associate Professor of Cardiology in 1998. In 2000, he received the Young Researcher award.
In 2000, he won the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Education scholarship award.
He worked as Chief Resident and Clinic Chief at Koşuyolu Heart Hospital at different intervals.
In 2001-2003, he worked in the cardiology department of the Netherlands Erasmus University Thoraxcenter and carried out the first applications of drug-eluting cardiac stents in the world and received his PhD title at Erasmus University in 2003.
In 2005, he was appointed as Professor in the Department of Cardiology at Yeditepe University. In 2008, he was appointed as the head of the Department of Cardiology. In 2023, he resigned as the Head of the Department.
Between 2010-2012, he was the Founding President of the Turkish Society of Cardiology Interventional Cardiology Association.
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