In 1980 he left for Turkey, shortly before the military putsch on the 12th of September, "...the day I quickly grew up."
After one edition of Halk'a Işık (1983), at the age of 15 and with money lend by his mother, he published the cult Çete magazine with Nihat Genç in 1989.
He works as a columnist at the daily Star and as executive editor at Sancaktar, published by Eyüb Gökhan Özekin.
In 2000, he wrote an article published in Milli Gazete, for which he was sentenced to 15 months in prison, in 2003, under Crimes Against Atatürk Law No.
He was on board of the MV Mavi Marmara in the Gaza flotilla raid, and detained by the Israeli Defence Forces.