He graduated first in his class from Bursa Uludağ University, Faculty of Education, Department of Fine Arts Education in 2019. During the 2017-2018 academic year, he was awarded the Erasmus Student Mobility scholarship, completing a one-year program in painting and printmaking techniques at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Poland. He is currently pursuing his PhD studies at Gazi University, Institute of Educational Sciences, Department of Fine Arts Education, focusing on 'Synesthesia and Art Education'. Serving as a Research Assistant at Bartın University, Göktepeliler has participated in numerous national and international group exhibitions since 2015 and held a solo exhibition of paintings and prints at Gallery ACK in Lublin, Poland, in 2018. In his artistic practice, the artist continues to produce works that explore the relationship between the concept of synesthesia, Turkish culinary culture, and cultural memory.