He was born in Merzifon in 1952. He finished Kuleli Military High School in 1969 and graduated from Cerrahpaşa Medical School Istanbul University in 1975. Following his internship at GATA (Gülhane Military Medical Academy) he worked in Cyprus and Bursa garrisons at different military medical institutions. In 1982 he became a specialist psychiatrist at GATA. After his clinical services as a specialist at Erzincan and Çorlu Hospitals, he became an assistant professor(1988), an associate professor (1990) at GATA Haydarpaşa. He was promoted to colonel in 1993 and became a professor in 1996. Between 1996 – 1999 he worked at Yüzüncü Yıl University as faculty member and as an expert at Forensic Institution. He got retired on his own will. He took the representation of "Memory Center of America" in Turkey in 1998.
He has been the chairman of the board of NPİSTANBUL, the first neuropsychiatry hospital of Turkey, and also the founding rector of Üsküdar University.
He has more than a hundred publications 31 of which are international. He speaks English and German. He is married and has two children.
Social responsibility projects
İDER Human Values and Mental Health Foundation, Chairman
ASDER (Human rights organization) Defenders of Justice Association, Chairman
Happy Home Happy Life Association, Chairman (Focusing on orphans and deprived children)
Come Hold My Hand Association, Chairman (Child abuse and negligence)
Congress and magazines
1989: "Stress and Diseases"
1991: "Innovations in Psychopharmacology"
1992: "Aggression"
1993: "Serotonin"
He took part in the organization committee of 7th International ECNS Congress which was held in İstanbul in 2007.
Awards
"Best Research and Best Researcher" in International Congress on "Destructive Drives and Impulse Control", Netherlands, 1991.
"RTGD Best Community Program" for television program called "Reasonable Solutions" in Samanyolu TV, 2003
"Supporting family training and protective community mental health services" with Psikoyorum TV program on Sky Turk 360 from Prime Ministry General Directorate of Family and Social Research, 2005.
"Golden Apple" award by Amasya Foundation for his contribution to the use of Turkish Music in music therapy, 2007.
"Crystal Tulip" award on Psychology category by Mümtaz Turhan Social Sciences High School of Istanbul 2009.
"Patient Safety, Best Practice " award by OHSAD and Patient Safety Foundation, 2009
"Award of Istanbul Congress Ambassador/2011" 7th ECNS "EEG and Clinical Neuroscience" Congress for organizing ECNS Congress in İstanbul, and making it possible for many world-famous scientists to come together.
Membership in scholarly institutions
American Psychiatric Association (APA), Member
New York Academy of Sciences, Member
New York Academia Psychiatry Foundation, Member
International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA), Member
EEG and Clinical Neuroscience Society (ECNS), Member of Executive Board
International Society for Neuroimaging in Psychiatry (ISNIP), Member
Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA),
National Geografic Society, Member
International Society for Neurofeedback & Research (ISNR), Member
Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics, Member of the Board
