He was born in 1981 in Eskişehir.

After completing high school education in the Railway Vocational High School Department between 1995-1998, he graduated from Isparta Süleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Engineering Architecture.

In 1999, he started to work at the General Directorate of TCDD Enterprise and respectively; He served as a mechanist, mechanical engineer, repair warehouse manager, vehicle delivery manager, vehicle maintenance service manager, regional manager and head of the Vehicle Maintenance Department for about 25 years.

Durkan, diesel/electric locomotives in many projects throughout the working life, testing and commissioning, maintenance, revision and modernization of railway vehicles, rewarding and commissioning of rail systems workshop equipment, installation and commissioning, the European Railway Agency (ERA) and OTIF published by the Cotif contract published by the responsible organization (ECM) management system and management of the management of the management and management of the maintenance of the management and management system. The establishment of the analysis procedure, the implementation of the field, the implementation of the stock management project and the localization of the spare materials of many railway vehicles.

He was appointed as the Head of Marketing and Sales Department at TÜRASAŞ General Directorate on 31 October 2024. As of 19 November 2024, he was appointed as the Deputy General Manager.

Murat Durkan, who is married and has two children, speaks English.