Akın Akınözü was born in Ankara, Turkey, in 1990 and is the only child of a retired actress Özlem Akınözü and a restaurant owner Tamer Akınözü. His maternal grandfather was one of the first TV presenters on TRT (Turkish Radio and Television); as his great-uncle Suha Arin is known as "The Father of Turkish Documentaries".
Akın’s childhood was spent in between living in Turkey, and in the United States of America where his elementary school years were spent with his uncle. Later on, Akin moved
