He received his bachelor’s degree from the Department of International Relations at Middle East Technical University, and his master’s and PhD degrees from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration. He works as a faculty member in the Department of Communication and Design at Bilkent University. In 2006-2007, he was a visiting researcher at the Department of Political Science at the New School for Social Research with a Fulbright Scholarship. He has worked at Middle East Technical University, Akdeniz University, Kadir Has University, and Istanbul Bilgi University. His primary areas of interest include communication theories, the sociology of communication, media consumption, political and social theory, cultural studies, political communication, and political and cultural life in Turkey. His research focuses particularly on populist politics in Turkey, especially the manifestations of populism in popular culture.