Ak was born in Kahramanmaraş on 20 May 1966. He started wrestling at Afşin TEK Spor Kulübü and was coached by Avni Tarhan. He competed exclusively in freestyle wrestling.[1][3]
Before reaching senior level, Ak won medals in junior and espoir competitions. He placed second at the Balkan junior championships in 1981 and 1983, won the Balkan junior title in 1985, took bronze at the 1984 European Espoir Championships, and won silver at the 1985 World Espoir Championships in Colorado Springs.[4]
Ak's first major senior medal came at the 1987 World Wrestling Championships in Clermont-Ferrand, where he won the bronze medal in the men's freestyle 57 kg event. In the same year, he also won the bronze medal at the 1987 Mediterranean Games in Latakia.[2]
At the 1988 European Wrestling Championships in Manchester, Ak won the silver medal in the 57 kg division. Later that year, he represented Turkey at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. In Group A of the men's freestyle bantamweight event, he defeated the United States' Barry Davis 11–5 and Austria's Josef-Georg Auer 15–0, and advanced to the placement matches from his group. In the bronze-medal bout, he lost 9–8 to South Korea's No Gyeong-Seon and finished fourth overall.[5]
Ak won the gold medal at the 1989 European Wrestling Championships in Ankara, becoming European champion in the men's freestyle 57 kg event. He later finished fifth at the 1989 World Wrestling Championships, won the Wrestling World Cup in 1990 in Toledo, and placed fourth at the 1990 World Wrestling Championships in Tokyo. His last major international title came at the 1991 Mediterranean Games in Athens, where he won the gold medal in the 57 kg division.[2][4]
After retiring from active competition in 1991, Ak graduated from the School of Physical Education and Sports at Çukurova University. He later worked as a coach and technical director with Turkey's cadet, junior and senior national wrestling teams. In 2003, he was appointed provincial director of youth and sports in Kahramanmaraş. In 2007, he became head of the Sports Inspectors Board of the General Directorate of Youth and Sports. He also served three terms as vice-president of the Turkish Wrestling Federation and later held senior administrative posts including head of personnel and training, acting head of external relations, and acting head of the Sports Inspectors Board for a second time. A 2022 biographical profile states that he retired in 2020.[4][6][7]
Ak is also the author of seven books on sport and Olympic history: Türk Sporunda Sorunlar ve Çözüm Önerileri, Avrupa'da ve Türkiye'de Spor, Türk Spor Teşkilatı Mevzuatı, Dünden Bugüne Olimpiyatlar, Madalyanın Öteki Yüzü, Uzun Vadeli Sporcu Gelişimi ve Yeniden Yapılanma, and Annelerin Şampiyon Çocukları.[4][8]
