 He was educated at the TED Ankara College and then at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art.He worked as a radio programmer, librarian, journalist and translator until 1989 when he founded with his partner Fuat Güner (of the famous Turkish pop trio Mazhar-Fuat-Özkan (MFÖ)) FT Recording Studios in Istanbul, which was at the time the most advanced in Turkey.In 2000 he released a solo album titled "Karakutu" ("The black box"), which was met with great critical acclaim.