Born in Aydıntepe, Bayburt on September 22, 1954, Vedat Bilgin completed his primary and secondary education in the same city.

[1] After completing his undergraduate education, he did postgraduate and doctoral studies at the Faculty of Economics of Istanbul University.

[2] After being advisor to the prime minister in 2000 he became the general manager of Turkish State Railways.

[3] Bilgin continued his academic life as the Head of Labor Economics Department at Gazi University from 2011 to 2015.

[4] Vedat Bilgin entered the parliament as the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Ankara deputy in the June 2015 Turkish general election after resigning from his duty as the chief advisor to MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli; he was re-elected as the AK Party Ankara second regional deputy in the November 2015 Turkish general election.