Mehmet CANPOLAT started his professional career as an Assistant Tax Inspector at the Ministry of Finance
 In 2000, he became the Chief Tax Inspector. In addition to tax audits, he also carried out money investigations and investigations with the appointment of the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK).

Mehmet CANPOLAT, who successfully completed two-year master's degree program in Financial Economics at Boston University in the USA between 2007-2009, took part in special studies on ”Compliance of International Accounting Standards and International Financial Reporting Standards with Turkish Tax Legislation yürüt conducted by the Ministry of Finance. Between 2009 and 2012, he served as Assistant General Manager responsible for Financial Affairs at TRT. He successfully completed the Enterprise Resource Planning Project (ERP) at TRT and was awarded the Bureaucrat of the Year award.

In January 2013, he joined the BILKENT Group as the Financial Affairs and Audit Coordinator. He established the internal audit unit at BİLKENT HOLDING A.Ş and successfully completed the project of harmonizing the system with the International Internal Audit Standards.

He started his PhD studies in the field of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in 2012 and received hisPh.D.