He began the architecture education in Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi, the Academy of Fine Arts graduated from Vedat Tek Warehouse in 1928.
He researched about the field of school buildings workers' habitats and stadiums during his education process within Europe.
Seyfi Arkan had come back to Turkey in 1933, and he started to work urbanism studies at Academy of fine arts as an instructor.
In addition, some of the most important factors which Arkan considered during his project are Turkey's economic and social condition during the 1930s and 1940s.
Seyfi Arkan, was the winner of the Çankaya Hariciye Kosku contest which held in 1933.