Orkut was born in Istanbul/Turkey in 1984. He studied piano and composition in Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory. He has proceeded the jazz courses of Aydın Esen in 2004. He achieved to be a finalist in "Halıcı Midi Competition of Computer Composing " in 2005. A piece of his; "3 Movements for Orchestra", has been performed in 2006. He has worked with Dan Zemelman and Peter Horvath in the fields of jazz piano, solo piano techniques and piano trio for 3 months in San Francisco at the state of California, USA in 2007. He represented Turkey in piano category and won the 2nd prize and has been chosen as “audience favourite” in “Nomme Jazz International Youth Competition Jazz Artists 2009”. He has completed his works in the field of “Composition and conduction” with Prof. Hasan Uçarsu at the level of graduate study in Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in same year. He and his team has won the 'best score for drama' award for 'Benim İçin Üzülme' in Antalya TV Awards 2013. His debut album 'Low Profile' has been released by Kalan Music on 2015. He has attended to the 46th Siena Jazz Workshops in Italy and worked with Matt Mitchell, Miguel Zenon, Aaron Parks, Stefano Battaglia, Franco D'Andrea for 2 weeks in 2016. In 2017, he performed as the soloist on the Istanbul leg of ‘La La Land in Concert’ tour at Zorlu Center which music of the Oscar winner movie ‘La La Land’ has been performed live with symphony orchestras. His second album 'Persona' is released on 2018 by linrecords.