In 1970, he completed his doctorate studies in the University of Cologne, Germany with highest honors summa cum laude.
Returned to Turkey, in addition to teaching, he served as the dean of Faculty of Journalism in Gazi University.
All Turkish parties were closed in 1981 by the military rule so called by the National Security Council (MGK).
Although Bülent Ecevit, the leader of DSP was reluctant, Gürkan and Erdal İnönü, the chairman of SODEP agreed on a merge plan.
[3] Aydın Güven Gürkan died in the morning hours of January 22, 2006 in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Istanbul, where he was delivered shortly before.