Born in 1969 in Kastamonu, İbrahim Yumaklı graduated from Bakırköy Imam Hatip High School and then from Uludağ University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration in 1992.  
Mr Yumaklı started his career as an import operations specialist at Marshall Boya A.Ş. in 1993 and worked as a manager in the financial groups of Marshall Boya A.Ş. and affiliated group companies within Akzo Nobel Turkey until 2011. In 2011, he started working at Aljazeera Turkey. Between 2012 and 2015, he managed the TV channel owned by Aljazeera Turkey. Between January and October 2016, he served as Anadolu Agency International Operations Director. 
Since October 2016, he has served as General Manager and Executive Board Member at GÜBRETAŞ and was appointed as Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry with the Official Gazette published on Thursday, 7 April 2022.