Ersin Fethi Öçal, born in Bursa in 1946, was appointed as an assistant to the Iznik Museum after he was graduated from the Istanbul University, Department of Art History. He worked as manager in the museums associated with the Istanbul Regional Directorate of Foundations. He was appointed as an academic in the fields of Art History and Ceramics in the Marmara University in 1984. He got a proficiency title in art from the Mimar Sinan University, Faculty of Education. He was retired from the Uludağ University in 1996. Öçal, who gave lectures in many ceramic workshops, is an academic in the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Foundation University.