Erkan Yazici was born in 1974 in Of. In 2000, he graduated from Cumhuriyet University department of Sociology. In 2002, he started working as a psychological counselor.He shot his first movie in 2005. In 2012, he got funded by Ministry of Culture for his first short film "Kirintiya Veda". In 2014, he shot a documentary.Between 2015-2016 he was in charge of the project " Bu Benim Filmim" which was carried out together with Municipality of Arnavutkoy, Gelisim University and Arnavutkoy Directorate of Education.In 2017, for the movie "Faraway Land", he applied to Ministry of Culture for production support. His project has been supported by Ministy Of Culture.