A graduate of Istanbul Technical University, Department of Surveying Engineering, Ferhat Öztürk worked as a Surveying Engineer in the Adapazarı natural gas project from 1997 to 1999, as Chief Surveyor in road infrastructure and superstructure projects in Iraq from 2000 to 2002, and as Chief Surveyor in the Amman drinking water project in Jordan from 2002 to 2003. He has been serving as Company Director at Aksa Balıkesir Natural Gas Distribution Inc. since 2004.