1985-1991 painting lessons with Meryem Arican, Yusuf Taktak and Tomur Atagök at the „Halil Dikmem Galerisi“ within the Painting and Sculpture Museum in Istanbul
1990-1991 painting lessons with Selim Karadana and Canan Beykal in Atölye Cekirdek , Taksim
1999 resettlement to Germany
2010 studio in Recklinghausen
2015 – 2016 drawing courses with Cecily Park – Düsseldorf
2015 – 2018 figure drawing and painting at TU-Dortmund – Malerei „Malen nach Model“