He has also taught film at the Film-TV Department, Faculty of Fine Arts at Marmara University, Istanbul.
He worked as news designer, art director, editor for art pages, desk editor, publication coordinator, editor-in-chief and film critic at such Turkish newspapers as Dünya, Yeni İstanbul, Yeni Ortam, Politika, Vatan, Güneş, Hürriyet, Cumhuriyet, Milliyet, Pazar Postası and also at Gelişim Yayınları (Gelişim Publishing).
Evren has contributed to more than 30 encyclopedias, including Meydan Larousse, Oksford, Türkiye and İstanbul, writing entries related to film and arts.
[1] He was president and director of the first and second editions of the International Silk Road Film Festival in Bursa in 2006 and 2007.
[2] He also co-wrote the screenplay of the 2006 Turkish documentary film Troia with Sevinç Baloğlu.