Mr. Arif Peyami Başkaraca  was born in Adapazarı, Turkey in 1967. He completed his elementary, middle and high school education in Adapazarı. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Department of Civil  Engineering at Istanbul Technical University in 1989. After receiving his Bachelor’s Degree, he established a free civil engineering office and gave consultancy service to industry. He received his Master’s Degree from Sakarya University at the Department of Environmental Engineering, Institute of Science in 1998.

Mr. Başkaraca worked as a Civil Engineer in expert staff at Sakarya University’s Department of Construction and Technical Works between the years of 1994 and 1996. He resigned from his position as a Director of Printing in 1996. He began working as a senior Civil Engineer at the directorate of Final Accounts at İGDAŞ (Istanbul Gas Distribution Co.), a subsidiary of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) in the same year (1996). He served as both the deputy-Director and Director at İGDAŞ. Later, he was appointed to the Directorate of Survey and Mapping Project in January 2002. He also began working as a Civil Engineer at the directorate of Final Accounts at KİPTAŞ (Istanbul Public Housing Corporation) a subsidiary of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) in 2002. He was appointed as a director of Planning and Contracts at the same year. He was appointed as the deputy director general for Projects in 2004.

Mr. Başkaraca was appointed as the director general of BİMTAŞ, a subsidiary and public housing company of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) on April 18th, 2011.