After retirement, he wrote a book titled "The End of Terrorist Organizations". He completed his second book "The Greatest Leader of the 20th Century: Mustafa Kemal", covering the period between 1881 and 1923, in prison. The book became the bestseller in Turkey during the month it was published. His third book, "The Greatest Leader of the 20th Century: Atatürk" and covering the period between 1923 and 1938, was intended as a continuation of his previous work and was published on November 2012. Basbug continued writing: "Truths Against Accusations" (2014, Kaynak Publications), "What Kind Of Turkey" (2015, Kaynak Publications), "Armenian Accusations and the Truths" (2015, Remzi Bookstore) and "Forgotten Island Cyprus" (2016, Kırmızı Kedi).