• Ph.D. in Information Engineering:
 University of Cambridge, U.K., March 1998.
 Dissertation title: Signal Processing in alpha-Stable Noise Environments.
 Specialisation: statistical signal processing.
• M.Phil. in Information Engineering:
 University of Cambridge, U.K., August 1995.
 Specialisation: nonlinear signal processing.
• M.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering:
 Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, August 1993.
 Specialisation: data compression, coding theory.
• B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering: (with high honours)
 Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, July 1991.
 Specialisation: telecommunications and electronics.