Born in Diyarbakir in 1961, Bedirhanoglu completed his primary, secondary, and high school education in this town. He took up commerce in 1985 after graduating from the Turkish Department of the Faculty of Education in Diyarbakir. Working hands-on for various NGO’s in the business world as of 1994, Bedirhanoglu first served as director and chairman of the Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association of Diyarbakir (DISIAD) followed by his current assignment as director and chairman of the Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association of the Southeast (GÜNSIAD). Bedirhanoglu is married with two children.