Background
Eyler was born on August 10, 1953, in Istanbul, Turkey; the son of Ali and Necla (Özkaraman) Eyler.
Eyler was born on August 10, 1953, in Istanbul, Turkey; the son of Ali and Necla (Özkaraman) Eyler.
Eyler received his Bachelor of Science degree from Bogaziçi University in 1975. A year later he was given a Master of Science degree and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Harvard University in 1979.
Eyler began his career as a research assistant at Harvard University in 1975. Four years later he became a researcher at Draper Laboratory. In 1980, Mehmet took a position of faculty member at Bogaziçi University. He worked as a Professor at Bilkent University from 1990 to 1995. Since 1995 Eyler held the position of an associate dean at Marmara University. Nowadays he is retired from the same university.
On January 23, 1980 Mehmet Eyler married Seher Semerci. They have a child.