[3] Hacı, who didn't have a child of his own, was a prominent resident of Kumul who ensured his adopted son had a good education.

[3] Ötkür's completed his schooling between Gansu, Uqturpan, and Ürümqi, having to move due to the unrest caused by the Kumul Rebellion.

[3] Hanım told him folk tales, proverbs, and riddles, which would have a great impact on his literary life.

[3] At the gymnasium, he read Russian authors like Pushkin and Tolstoy and Turkic writers like Ğabdulla Tuqay.

[3] From 1979 to his death, Ötkür worked as a scholar and administrator in the Institute of Literature Studies at the Academy of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Xinjiang.