 He continued to live and worked in Istanbul, dividing his time between freelance literary & technical translation work, music production, rehearsals and concerts with his band "Karakutu" and a "perennial virtual album" project; whereby new material was uploaded regularly and could be downloaded freely from his official website.He lived in Bodrum at a tranquil bay from 2007 until his death with his family and cats.He wrote songs and tried to survive on translations.