He completed his undergraduate education in 2004 at Anadolu University in both the Department of Educational Communication and Planning and the Department of Business Administration. He received his master’s degree in 2006 from Marmara University in the Department of Human Resources Management and Development with a thesis titled “The Support of Training Programs with Intra-Institutional Communication Tools in Businesses.”

He earned his Ph.D. in 2011 from Sakarya University in the Department of Labor Economics with a dissertation titled “The Evaluation of Mobbing Behaviors by Municipal Employees.”

Tiyek is currently working as a faculty member in the Department of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations at Kırklareli University. His publications focus on social policy and human resources.