 In 2009 he co-founded Plato School of Higher Education, an arts and design college in Istanbul and between 2009-2014 had a leading role in the re-development / re-generation process of Balat-Ayvansaray, a dilapidated historical district in the old city of Istanbul.Since 2016 Emrah has been co-founder and CEO of Chooch AI .He also writes sci-fi short stories called Another Realm .