Serdar Turan earned his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering and then completed his Master's degree in Business Administration. In 2000, he was part of the founding team of Infomag Publishing. From 2005 to 2022, he served as the Editor-in-Chief of BusinessWeek Turkey. In 2011, Turan also played a role in the establishment of the Turkish edition of Harvard Business Review, and he currently serves as its Editor-in-Chief.