for 16 years between 1934 and 1950, including holding that post concurrently with his time as Prime Minister from 1942 to 1946.

For a while, he worked as officer of attendance and performed as mathematics teacher in İzmir High School in Sultaniye.

He then presided over the Commission for Composite Population Exchange, which would conduct the negotiations with the Greek government later on.

In the closing days of World War II, he took part in the negotiations with the Soviet Union in Moscow for months.

The home of the Turkish football club Fenerbahçe, Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, is named after him.