Born in 1994, Istanbul, Turkey. Alim was influenced by music from a young age. Later at age 12 he started Dj'ing. This led to his career building up as a DJ. Around the age of 18, Alim was already playing at some major venues across Turkey. Throughout these exciting times, playing across different venues, he's decided to use his alias ‘'Aker''. Aker was first influenced by electronic music around 2006 from DJ’s like Roger Sanchez, Armin Van Burren and Hardwell. Thus the reason he's chosen electronic dance music. As he turned 18, it was time he would come to Oxford to study electronic music. It wasn’t long until he started playing around local venues in oxford, as he was studying university. Thereafter he played at bigger Venues such as the o2 academy, The grand, The Bridge. He would after play at his first festival at the Richmond athletic ground, a festival over 10.000 attendees called the ''Summer Social''. During this time, he would also become a resident Dj of a well-known radio station called ''Select Radio'', hosting the likes of Oliver Heldens, Roger Sanchez, Mark Knight and many more. His residency included mixes and live shoutouts from Nervo, Leandro Da Silva, Reblok, Benny Benassi and other well-known figures in the dance music industry. He got his first major release at Toolroom Records. His track featured lyrics from the well know - established vocalist MR.V. Now, Aker continues to develop and release his track through some major labels across the world.