[6] He earlier served as the Senior Director of the Turkey Program at Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Washington, DC[7] and on the Anti-Defamation League's Task Force on Middle East Minorities.

He received his doctoral degree from Harvard University's Anthropology and Middle East Studies joint program with his dissertation Incorporating Alevis: The Transformation of Governance and Faith-based Collective Action in Turkey.

[14] Erdemir announced his decision to quit active politics in March 2015, stating that he would like to spend more time with his two daughters while also noting that the Turkish Parliament does not accommodate the needs of parents with young children.

"[26] He called the ban "humiliating, embarrassing, and defaming," and succeeded in revoking the ban after raising the issue with the Speaker of the Turkish Parliament Cemil Çiçek, a development he referred to as "a small step for internet freedoms in Turkey, but a big step for internet freedom in the Parliament.”[27] Erdemir later visited the Ahmet Güvener, the pastor of the Diyarbakır Protestant Church, ahead of Sunday service to offer apologies to him and his flock on behalf of the Turkish Parliament.

[28] In June 2013, Erdemir prepared a draft bill to lift the ban on Greek language instruction for the Eastern Orthodox Christian minority residing on the islands of Imbros and Tenedos.

[29] He also supported Turkey's Armenian community by attending the Easter liturgy at Diyarbakır's St. Giragos Armenia Church[30] and the first baptism in a century at Van's Cathedral of the Holy Cross on the Akdamar Island.

He has documented the way in which Turkish Radio and Television Corporation-funded blockbuster Payitaht: Abdülhamid vilified Jews and Christians by distorting historical facts and propagating antisemitic anti-Western conspiracies.

[39] When Turkey's Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party government moved forward to pass a hate crimes bill in 2015, Erdemir, in an interview with pro-secular Cumhuriyet daily reporter Türey Köse, warned that the government's so-called hate crimes bill was going to function as a blasphemy law, failing to provide any legal protection for atheists, agnostics, and LGBTI individuals, and further restricting freedom of expression in Turkey.

[40] Islamist and far-right daily Yeni Akit journalist Talha Çolak claimed that in his Cumhuriyet interview, Erdemir had advocated that “it should not be illegal to curse at religion,” triggering widespread insults and death threats.

Erdemir later penned an op-ed stating that he is not angry at Yeni Akit reporter Talha Çolak, but blame Turkey's authoritarian regime for "forcing journalists to earn their living through smear campaigns and defamation.