[7][8] While he was recording and touring with his band, he taught at the Copenhagen Jazz Conservatory for four years.

[9] Engin formed a band with 12 Copenhagen Jazz Conservatory students and they toured Turkey.

The festival included performances by Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Nana Vasconcelos, Peter Giger, and Danny Gottlieb.

In 1987, Tyrkis won first prize at the Dortmunder Big Band Festival in Germany and released an album, My Little Chinese Love.

[16][17][18] He left Denmark in 1989 for New York and formed the New World Orchestra[19][20] and a six-piece group, Turquoise.