He was a very productive intellectual and a prolific scholar; he had already become an influential public intellectual in Turkish cultural life beyond the academia by mid-nineties. Although he had always taught within academic institutions, his relation with academia had certain tensions and breaks; he only completed his Ph.D. in 2002 with a thesis titled "From Opinions to Images: Towards a Sociology of Affects", he was uninterested in having a stable academic position, and after 2000 till his death, he had various teaching gigs in different universities in Ankara and Istanbul besides his main affiliation at Middle East Technical University.
He was a highly active intellectual and researcher; by the mid-1990s, he had become an influential public thinker in Turkish cultural life beyond academia. His connection with academia was complicated; he only finished his Ph.D. in 2002 with the thesis "From Opinions to Images: Towards a Sociology of Affects", and he did not want a stable academic position. He worked as a teacher at various universities in Ankara and Istanbul from 2000 until his death, apart from his main affiliation at Middle East Technical University.