 In the 1990s he also worked on erosion with Prof. Agadjan Babayev in the Turkmenian Academy of Sciences in Ashgabad.He has been actively farming since 1992 in Manisa, Akhisar in the Aegean region of Turkey (olives, almonds).Mahmut Tolon currently lives in Urla (District), İzmir, near the ancient site of Limantepe-Klazomenai, teaches a post-graduate course on longevity and co-existence of cultures at Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir and lectures about evolution/Charles Darwin.