[3][4] Yavuz Görey was born in Geneva, Switzerland on 27 August 1912.

He took painting lessons at the Antwerp Fine Arts Academy in Belgium.

He completed his higher education at the Istanbul Fine Arts Academy, where he was a student in Namık İsmail's studio for a year,[5] in 1940.

[2] He was influenced by German sculptor Rudolf Belling (1886–1972) while working with him at the Istanbul Fine Arts Academy.

[7] He was one of the sculptors, who was invited by the Municipality of Istanbul to create a sculpture(s) to be put in the parks and squares of the city to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Republic.