Orhan Altuğ was born in Afyonkarahisar in 1974. He graduated from Dokuz Eylül University Fine Arts Faculty Traditional Turkish Handicrafts Khatt Department in 1997. In 2006, he completed his master’s degree at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (ÇOMÜ) Institute of Social Sciences Art History Department. Altuğ, who worked as an instructor at ÇOMÜ between 1997 and 2007, has been working at Sakarya University Fine Arts Faculty Traditional Turkish Handicrafts Department since 2007. He participated in many group exhibitions, symposiums, panels and seminars both at home and abroad, and held four personal exhibitions. He continues his khatt studies with Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Memiş, and has a thuluth-naskh license.