Emrehan Halici was born in Konya, Turkey in 1956. He graduated from Konya Maarif Koleji and went on to obtain his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Department of Electrical Engineering in Middle East Technical University, Ankara. After having worked as a research assistant at the same institution, he founded HALICI Corporation.

Halici has carried out many computer technology-based projects in Turkey as well as abroad, and has been granted many awards. He also worked as the "software coordinator" in the production of the first Turkish computer.

Halici, who has devoted great efforts in promoting information technologies and software issues in the country, has also served as the President of Software Industrialists Association and the Vice President of the Turkish Informatics Foundation. He is currently working as founder and manager in many organizations within the sector.

Halici is the initial investor in the first ever technopolis project in Turkey, established on the Middle East Technical University campus. With an in-door capacity of 5000 m², METU-HALICI Software is the largest software complex in Turkey.

Having a special interest in music, Halici pioneers in the introduction and promotion of computer supported music technology in the country. He has been organizing the HALICI-Midi Music Composition Contest for eleven years.

Halici has been an active advocate of institutionalizing chess. He became the President of the Turkish Chess Federation in 1992 and held office until 1999 when he was elected MP. He was granted FIDE Presidential Membership in 1994 and was elected as FIDE Vice President in 1998, a position which he held for 4 years thereafter. He was also awarded by various organizations for his efforts in making Istanbul the host city for the World Chess Olympics in 2000.

Highly interested in knowledge and intelligence, Halici is a member of MENSA and has been published nationally and internationally in the fields of mathematics, intelligence and chess. In addition to preparing brain-teasers for leading Turkish newspapers and journals, Halici has been a columnist in TUBITAK-"Turkish scientific technical institution"- journal since 1978. In 2004 he released a book called "Intelligence Games" which became one of the bestsellers of that year.

Halici is the Founder and the president of the Turkish Intelligence Foundation since 1995. He prepares the "Problem Marathon" column for the official website <www.tzv.org.tr> of the foundation which currently has over 30,000 members. He has been organising the "Turkish Intelligence Games Competition" in coordination with the Ministry of National Education now for 11 years.

In 1999 Halici was elected member of parliament for the Democratic Left Party (DSP). He acted as Vice President for the party for two consecutive terms.