co-founder of DBArchitects with Dilek Topuz Derman
He was born in Ereğli in 1965. In 1990, he graduated with a master’s degree from the Department of Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture, Yıldız Technical University. Between 1988 and 1996, he taught in the architectural design studios at the same university, and from 1999 to 2004, at Istanbul Kültür University. In 1995, together with Dilek Topuz Derman, he founded db Mimarlık ve Danışmanlık Ltd. Şti. He currently continues his professional practice at his own firm. Since the early 1990s, he has participated in numerous national and international competitions, winning a multitude of awards and honorable mentions—including two equivalent prizes and eight first-place awards—and has served as a jury member.