Bahri Ata was born in İzmit in 1969. He graduated from the Department of History, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, METU, Ankara, Turkey. He worked as a history teacher in İmece Primary School, Kağıthane, İstanbul between 1991 and 1994. Later on He became a lecturer of History of Turkish Republic at Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu. In 1997, He completed his Master thesis related to the transfer of Telegraph Techology to the Ottoman Empire under the advisorship of Prof. Dr. Zafer Toprak. In 1998 he completed his second M.A. thesis concerning to History Education at Institute of Social Sciences, Gazi University under the advisorship of Prof. Dr. Mustafa Safran.
He completed his military service as history teacher at Işıklar Military School, Bursa between 2001 and 2002. He took an active role in the renewal of the curriculum of Social Studies and History courses and textbooks at the Board of Education between 2003-2006. He began to work as an assistant professor at Faculty of Education, Gazi University in 2005. He became an associate professor in 2010, Professor in 2017. He is interested in history education, social studies education, Museum education, science and technology history.
His memberships are as follows;
• Specialized Committee Member, UNESCO National Commission of Turkey (2010-2014)
• Museum Consulting Member, Atatürk Köşk Müzesi, Çankaya (2012-2014)
• TÜBİTAK Science Center Supervisory Board Member (2014-2016)
• Member of Board of Education, Ministry of Education, Turkey (2018-2021)