Later works combine newer timbral concerns with maqamic pitch content, microtones together with elements of folk music.
[citation needed] His mother introduced him to music, and he started private piano lessons with Hülya Saydam in 1980.
Then, he entered the Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory's composition department in 1984, and became a student of Erçivan Saydam, Adnan Saygun, and Afşar Timuçin.
[citation needed] He earned his master's degree in 1994, while he was also a student of composition class led by İlhan Usmanbaş (1991-1996).
[3][4] Nazım Hikmet Songs, baritone and piano (1997–98) Müzikte Alımlama (Reception in Music), Pan Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 2012.