He previously served as the Aziz Nesin Chair at the University of Viadrina in Frankfurt, Germany and as a guest lecturer at the Justice Academy in Ankara, the Florence School on Euro-Mediterranean Migration and Development, and at various seminars for government officials sponsored by the United Nations and the Turkish government. He has authored numerous articles, chapters, and reports on constitutional and refugee law. Additionally, he worked as an attorney at Pekin & Pekin and Dogru Law Fim prior to entering academia. He holds an LLB from Istanbul University, two LLMs from Mamara University in Turkey and Lund University in Sweeden, and a doctorate from Mamara University.