He was born on 27 April 1964 in Ankara graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Communication His professional career started in TRT between years 1987 1990 as assistant cameraman and 1990 1995 as a cameraman From 1995 on he has worked as DOP and Director He has directed numerous commercials music videos TV shows documentaries and feature films in Böcek Yapim the production company he has incorporated in February 1998 His feature film directorial debut is Vizontele 2001 that he codirected with Yilmaz Erdogan and marks a new era in Turkish cinema as the first film passing 3 million local admissions His second film the scifi comedy GORA 2004 brought him another record being the first film that surpassed 4 million local admissions His next feature Heist School 2006 is an edgy youth comedy criticizing the educational system which also features JeanClaude Van Damme in its cast His fourth film Yahsi Bati 2009 pioneers in the genre of Turkish Western Comedy