Mr. Ebubekir Özbey was born in Hekimhan, Malatya/Turkey in 1951.

He graduated from Elazığ State Academy of Architecture-Engineering, as a civil engineer, in 1977. He immediately began working as a civil engineer at the Directorate of Malatya National Education in the same year (1977). After working as a self-employed engineer and contractor between the years of 1984 and 1998, he began working as the Deputy-Administrator of Science Affairs at Bağcılar District’s Municipality.

Mr. Özbey served at the ISKI General Directorate in 2000 for a while and then he was appointed as the Deputy-Administrator at the Directorate of Economical Planning and Final Accounts in the same year (2000). Later, he was appointed as a Director at the Directorate of Final Accounts in November, 2000.

Mr. Özbey has currently been serving as the director of Unit Pricing and Standards at the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality since February 2012.