Selma Kırkıncıoğlu Akcan was born in Erzurum in 1964. She graduated from Yıldız Technical University in 1986. She started taking khatt classes from Ali Hüsrevoğlu in 1999, and received her thuluth naskh license in 2004. Akcan, who participated in various exhibitions in Turkey, produced works with the classical understanding (thuluth, jali thuluth, naskh, muhaqqaq) and with modern styles (kufic and makili).