Education
He was educated in Political Science and Public Administration at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara.
He was educated in Political Science and Public Administration at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara.
Currently, he is employed at the Ministry of Economics serving as the head of the Internior Auditing Department. He started a football referee career in 1994. Tıldırım was promoted to Süper Lig referee in the 2003-2004 season"s fourth match of Elazığspor-Adanaspor on August 30, 2003.
He acted as official in more than 300 competitions sofar.
With effect of January 1, 2011, he was tasked by the Union of European Football Associations as referee at high-level matches. During the Union of European Football Associations Euro 2012 qualifying round, he served in the matches Ukraine gainst Sweden and Italy against Ireland.
At the semifinal match of the same event, he was the linesman at the match Spain-Portugal. He refereed at 2012-2013 Union of European Football Associations Europa League.
He oversaw about sixty matches at Fédération internationale de football association and Union of European Football Associations level in addition to thirty national competitions among them three for Turkish national team matches.