Born on 1970 in Istanbul, Mert Topel got interested in keyboard instruments at early age. During the high school years he formed his first bands to play his original compositions.
While attending the conservatory he started to perform as a professional touring musician. He has toured internationally with the top stars of the era, most significantly with Turkish pop star Tarkan for running 14 years.
Starting from 2000's Mert Topel got involved more in composing and started to take part in various bands in jazz, electronic music and rock music genre. He has released albums with Fenomen, Grizu, Control Voltage Project, Nemrud and Sekans 4 as a band member.
Aside from his own groups, Mert has performed either as a studio musician or an arranger in albums of artists such as Kenan Vural, Mor ve Otesi, Gulden Goksen, Gur Akad, Baris Bolukbasi, Flort, Kirac, Erhan Akhan, Saygun Arpali, Ayse Ersoy, Melih Guzel, Alper Maral and Cem Ozkan.
Currently Mert Topel is working on his solo projects as well as recording albums and performing on stage with his "Control Voltage Project" duo companying Alper Maral.