 During this time he also continued his music career with the release of the studio album "Makara" (2005) and the four-track maxi-single "Exit" (2006) as well as the TV show "Hacıyatmaz" (2007).In April 2007, he started a stand-up tour called "Ata Demirer Show" which he took around Turkey and to the Netherlands, Germany and France.Upon returning from his tour he took the lead role of Sultan Osman VII in Gani Müjde's hit comedy "The Ottoman Republic" ("Osmanlı Cumhuriyeti"), which was the fourth highest-grossing Turkish film of 2008, and returned as Volkan for the final two seasons of "Avrupa Yakası" from 2008 to 2009.