After completing his undergraduate study at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (MSFAU), Faculty of Architecture, Department of Urban and Regional Planning in 1992, he started to work as a research assistant in the same department. He carried out projects in the fields of planning and design between 1998-2012. After receiving his PhD degree on Urban Transformation and Deformation in 2012, he served as a lecturer at different universities on urban design and planning. Currently, he is continuing researches on urban design as a faculty member at MSFAU.