Born in 1980, in Istanbul, Hakkı Kurtuluş has made communication, film and German studies at the Universities of Galatasaray, Lyon, Paris, Tübingen, Weimar and Berlin. He is a graduate of Lumière University and old fellow of École Normale Supérieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines. Kurtulus holds a M.A degree in German Studies from École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris.

Currently, he is preparing his Ph.D. at the same school.

Kurtuluş is a germanist focusing on Weimar Classics. He speaks English, French and German.