Born in 1977, Akif Güleç completed his primary and secondary education in Sakarya, Turkey. After receiving an intense education on art, sculpture and graphic design, he started the Bachelor’s Degree Program in Photography, at the Faculty of Fine Arts - Kocaeli University, Turkey. During his undergraduate years, he worked at the Atmaca Industrial Photography Workshop founded by Uğur Atmaca, where his perception of photography has significantly improved. Under the supervision of the photography master İsmail Saatçi, he gathered sophisticated skills of the darkroom and industrial photography.

Following the graduation, he pursued a career in various photographic disciplines, from industrial photography to fashion and cast photography and worked at various media production firms and agencies. He lectured on photography for a certain period in Sakarya University, Turkey. He attended many exhibitions and symposiums and was granted various awards with his experimental works, in both national and international contests. He also has interviews and essays published in several magazines.

Currently Güleç continues working in different fields of photography.