 Between 1997-2000 he wrote as a columnist at Radikal newspaper and in 2000 at Yeni Binyıl newspaper.On 17 May 2001 he started writing at "Zaman" and stayed there until 2014.Upon assassination of his close friend Hrant Dink in 2007, he became the editor-in-chief of Agos, the Armenian community's weekly newspaper and stayed at that position until his leave in 2010.