Mehmet ARTAR was born in 1969. He graduated from the Turkish Army's Military School in 1990, from the Military Academy in 2001, and from the Armed Forces Academy in 2004.

Between 1990 and 2010, he served as headquarters officer and commander in various headquarters and units of the Gendarmerie General Command. He served as the Provincial Gendarme Commander in Erzincan between 2010-2012 and in Istanbul between 2012-2014.

He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in 2014. He served as the Head of the Public Security Department at the Gendarmerie General Command Headquarters between 2014-2016, and the Ankara Provincial Gendarmerie Commander between 2016-2018.

He retired in September 2018 and joined the ASELSAN family in November of the same year. On March 1, 2019, he was appointed as the Support Services Director within the Corporate Governance Vice Presidency.

He was appointed as the Vice President of Corporate Governance, at the Board of Directors meeting on 18 July 2023.

He is married, has two children and speaks English.