[1] He graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1954 receiving a degree in metallurgical and materials engineering.
[1] Then he joined the General Directorate of Cement Industry as a planning manager.
[1] On 11 May 1954 he was named as the director general of the state-owned Turkey Bottle and Glass Factories and held this post until 22 September 1980.
[3] Between 1960 and 1961 he served as the minister of industry and technology in the cabinet formed by Cemal Gürsel.
[1] Kocatopçu became the first chairman of the Turkish Employer Unions Confederation in 1962 of which he was one of the founders.