He was born in İstanbul in 1962. He finished primary school and college Saint-Benoit and began education at İstanbul University in French Philology and two years after left that department and carried on English language and literature at Marmara University. Levent is a qualified and highly experienced teacher; he has been teaching English for over 27 years at several institutions mostly at universities. He holds bachelor's degrees in English language and literature from Marmara University ( 1990 ) and master's in International Economics, Politics and Business from Beykent University ( 2009 ). He is certified ISO Internal Inspector by Unıcon and certified impex trader by Academy International. He is about to be Professional Life Coach and Professional Student Coach certified by ICF.