Fırat Çağlayan Yurdakul was born in Ordu, Turkey August 8 1976. He finished his primary, secondary education and college in Ankara. After studying he started his professional carrier as a reporter at Sabah Daily's Ankara Office, in 1997. In 1998 he started working for Anatolian Agency's as a photo journalist. Yurdakul photographed many international events and organisations. His photos published many known internatioanal newspapers. Fırat Yurdakul gets many awards from different organisations.