Prof. Dr. Erdoğan Gültekin graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in 1992. He completed his residency training in Otorhinolaryngology at Taksim Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul. Following his residency, he worked as an Otorhinolaryngology specialist at the same institution for a period.

He was subsequently appointed as the founding Chief Physician of Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University Faculty of Medicine, where he took an active role in the establishment and development of the faculty. He has held various academic and administrative positions at Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University Faculty of Medicine and currently serves as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Head of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery.

He is also the President of the Eastern Thrace Society of Otorhinolaryngology Specialists. His clinical and academic work focuses particularly on rhinology and nasal surgery.

Prof. Dr. Erdoğan Gültekin is married and has two children.