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.
After teaching stints at the University of Iowa and the University of California, Berkeley, he relocated to Istanbul in 1996, where he has lived since. He first taught at Boğaziçi University before moving to Kadir Has University.