Ismail was born in Rize in 1995. He graduated from Rize Tevfik Ileri Anatolian High School in 2013, and he started physiotherapy and rehabilitation depertmant at Yeditepe University in 2014, and started to double major program with nutrition and dietetics in 2016. He was interested in basketball throughout his education life, and played in U16-17 Turkish National Basketball Teams when he was 15-17 ages. He has been working as an Assistant Student at the Corporate Communication Office of Yeditepe University since 2017. He did internships in Indiana University and Rochester University in the USA during summer 2018. Ismail has also worked as an intern physiotherapist in Indiana Basketball and Canandaigua Braves teams during his internship in the USA. Ismail, who is a 4th grade student now, wants to improve himself on sport physiotherapist and athlete nutrition after graduating from both departments. He is a volunteer at Crossing Paths. He is also the representative of Crossing Paths at Yeditepe University.