Dr. Aziz Kerim TURKOGLU was born in 1969. He attended elementary, secondary (Saint Joseph College) and high school in Izmir. Afterwards, he got acceptance to the University of Ege, the Faculty of Dentistry, in 1986. He educated in the Faculty of Dentistry with the scholarship of Sabanci where he graduated with honors, obtaining the highest distinction in 1991. He completed his military obligations in 1992 and he commenced to his Ph.D. education of Orthodontics in the University of Ege, the Department of Orthodontics. He achieved the Ph.D. Scholarship of Scientist Training Group of TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey) in the same year. During his Ph.D. education, he also completed the trainig programs of the worldwide-known orthodontists such as Alexander, Burstone, Marcotte, Gianelly and Bennett. He received his Ph.D. degree of Orthodontics in 1997 and founded the Turkoglu Dental Clinic with his wife Dentist Burcak TURKOGLU in Alsancak, Izmir. The Alexander Foundation confered the title of 'Alexander Discipline Instructor' on Dr.Turkoglu, in U.S.A., on June 2005 where he has been invited by Dr.R.G. Alexander.

Dr.Turkoglu has lectured on the orthodontics since 2009.He is the author of the book ?Essentials of the Orthodontics? published in 2012.He is interested also in the dental implantology (especially in the orthodontic patients), orthodontic implant applications, esthetic dentistry, digital dental photography and digital smile design.