Fatma Yelda Gezicioğlu Kundak was born in Mersin in 1972. She graduated from Marmara University Fine Arts Faculty Traditional Turkish Handicrafts Textile Department Flat Weaving Undergraduate Program, and did her graduate studies at Marmara University Institute of Fine Arts Department of Carpet, Rug, Old Cloth Patterns. Kundak gave classes at Çukurova University Fine Arts Faculty Textile Design Department and Mersin University Fine Arts Faculty Textile Department.