After stints teaching at the University of Iowa and the University of California, Berkeley, he moved to Istanbul in 1996, where he has lived since, first teaching at Boğaziçi University, before moving to Kadir Has University.
He moved from teaching positions at the University of Iowa and the University of California, Berkeley, to Istanbul in 1996, where he resides permanently. Initially, he taught at Boğaziçi University and later at Kadir Has University.