İzzet Tunç was born in Ankara in 1974. Tunç, who is a graduate of Anadolu University Faculty of Economics, is working as a shop and workshop manager in Çanakkale Aynalı Çarşı (Mirror Bazaar). He mainly works on Traditional Çanakkale Ceramics. Tunç received the Çanakkale Province Ahi (member of a Turkish – Islamic guild) of the Year Award in 2012.