Ulas Basar Gezgin is a journalist, a social science researcher and an academic with 20 years of teaching experience in various institutions in Turkey, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia, and research experience in New Zealand (PhD work), Australia (joint project) and Latin America (journalism). He holds degrees in education, psychology, cognitive science and urban planning.
As of 2020, he has 109 books, a high number of book chapters and journal articles in various fields. A novel, an opera libretto, edited collections, poetry, a compilation of his stories, textbooks, theatre plays, scenarios and translations etc. are among his works.