在科学大学（土耳其）本科生学习经济学后，在图卢兹经济学院获得数学经济学硕士学位之后，Mehtap Akguc在法国图卢兹经济学学院获得了2013年经济学博士学位。在她的博士研究中，Mehtap还获得了先进定量经济学的欧洲文凭（相当于Mphil）。她的主要研究兴趣在于使用来自各国和地区的宏观和微型数据（例如法国，中国，欧洲，越野等）的经验劳动和发展经济学领域。特别是，她有兴趣研究与移民，经济发展，增长，劳动力市场机构和不平等有关的问题，重点是教育程度和人力资本。

Mehtap worked at the Institute for Study of Labor (IZA) in Germany as a Resident Research Affiliate from 2012 to 2014. Previously, she also worked as a consultant for the World Bank (Washington, D.C.), where she collaborated with the economist team from the Sustainable Development Network as well as the Development Research Group. Later, she worked as a Research Fellow at the Jobs & Skills Unit at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) between 2014 and 2020, contributing to a number of European funded research projects related to labor market issues.

2020年9月，她加入了欧洲工会研究所（Etui）作为高级研究员的研究部（2股经济，就业和社会政策）。