Mr. Metin AKBAŞ was born in Akçakale, Şanlıurfa in 1971.

After completing his primary and secondary school education in Pozantı, Adana, he graduated from Eskişehir Railway Vocational High School in 1987 and graduated from Yıldız Technical University Faculty of Electrical & Electronics Engineering in 1992 as an Electrical Engineer. He has a master's degree in Urban Systems and Transportation Management.

Metin AKBAŞ, who started his career in 1987 in the Directorate General of Turkish State Railways, has worked in the same institution until the beginning of 2015, respectively as a civil servant, Telecommunication Engineer in Charge of Thrace Region, Control Engineer, Istanbul Suburban Service Manager (Founder), Deputy Director and Director of the 1st Region of TCDD.

He also carried out important duties such as being responsible for the investment units of TCDD, the Chairman of the Marmaray Coordination Commission on behalf of TCDD, and the head of the team that carried out and operated the Preparation of Marmaray for Operation.

He served as the Deputy Director General of Infrastructure Investments of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure between March 2015 and May 2016, and was the Acting Director General in the same Institution between May 2016 and August 2016.

Among the projects he carried out during his term in office at the General Directorate of Infrastructure Investments include Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport - Kaynarca Subway Line Construction Work, Bakırköy - Kirazlı Subway Line Construction Work, Construction and Consultancy Service for the Marmaray Project, Vehicle Procurement for Marmaray Subway, Rehabilitation Project for Istanbul Suburban Lines, Eurasia Tunnel BOT Construction Work, Survey-Project Work for Istanbul New Airport’s Rail System Connection, Three-Storey Great Istanbul Tunnel Project, Construction of Ankara Subway Lines and Vehicle Procurement, Survey-Project Work for Ankara Esenboğa Airport Subway Line, Survey-Project Work for Konya Subway, Antalya Expo Tram Line Construction and Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) Railway Construction Projects.

He was appointed as the Deputy Director General of İstanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (İSKİ) of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality on September 1, 2016, where he carried out his duty for 3 years as the Deputy Director General in charge of Information Technologies, Research-Development and Planning, Planning, Project and Investments, Property Expropriation, Basin Protection and Control, Wastewater Treatment, Support and Machinery Supply Departments. Among the other important projects he managed are: The “2018 Istanbul Water Congress and Fair (istsu-waterist)” event which was held for the first time with the participation of 8,500 academics and water and wastewater sector representatives from Turkey and abroad attended by nearly 70 companies, of which he was the Chairman of the Steering and Executive Board; İSKİ İnstitutional Asset Management System Based Smart Grid Project İSKİ 4.0 and Istanbul Water Control and Automation Centre (İSKOM); Integrated Quality Management System work and; Istanbul Water and Wastewater Master Plan Studies with the target of year 2053.

He resigned from his duty as Deputy Director General of İSKİ on 2 August 2019 at his own request. Metin Akbaş, who was a member of the Board of Directors and Audit of VADEMSAŞ Switch Factory, an affiliate company of TCDD, and who was the Acting Deputy Chairman of the Board of Istanbul Asphalt Factory (ISFALT), an affiliate company of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, took up the position of Deputy Director General of TCDD on January 29, 2020 and has been a member of the Board of TCDD since 2020. He has started to work as Acting Chairman and Director General of TCDD as of 14 September 2021.

Metin AKBAŞ is married with children and speaks English.