Career
He is the author of 13 books, many of which have become bestsellers in Turkey. "Reporting from the Bridge" and "Hungry for Power: Erdogan"s Witch Hunt and The Abuse of State Power" are the first two books published in English in the United States. Since 2006, he has been working in New York as the representative for Cihan News Agency and correspondent for Todays Zaman Daily where he wrote his dozens of articles on Turkish and The Middle East politics. He holds an M.A in Media Studies from The New School in New New York While still in Turkey, he hosted a weekly television discussion program titled "Black Box".