After his first successes at junior level, he became a member of the Aski Ankara wrestling club, where Mehmet Polatçı became his coach.

In 1998, he became European champion in Bratislava, defeating in turn David Musulbes, Krassimir Kochev of Bulgaria, Sven Thiele and Milan Mazáč of Slovakia.

He won his first fight there against Zsolt Gombos from Hungary, but then lost to the later silver medallist Artur Taymazov from Uzbekistan, which meant his elimination.

[3] At the 2001 World Championships in Sofia, Aydın Polatçı finished in fifth place after losing his third fight to David Musulbes.

He beat Boschidar Boyadzhiev from Bulgaria, Zoltán Farkas from Hungary, Radosław Jankowski from Poland, Sven Thiele and Kuramagomed Kuramagomedov from Russia.

At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, after victories over Rareș Daniel Chintojan of Romania, Sven Thiele and Alexis Rodríguez Valera, he met Artur Taymazov, against whom he again lost on points.

There he then managed to win the title at a World Championship for the first time with victories over Tolly Thompson from the United States, Rareș Daniel Chintojan, Kurmagomed Kuramagomedov and Alexis Rodríguez.