During his time in office he oversaw major developments in the city, including the creation of Gülhane Park.

[1] He was also a leading surgeon in Turkey, who was internationally recognised for his pioneering work in several areas, including open chest cardiac massage,[2] and described in several papers published in Ottoman Turkish (later in modern Turkish), French and German.

He introduced novel vascular suture techniques,[3] which he presented at the International Medical Congress in Moscow in August 1897 and at the annual Congress of the Société de Chirurgie de Paris in July 1904, where he reported two cases of arterial tear during breast carcinoma resection and repair within the same session.

He later served as Mayor of Istanbul and Construction Minister in the late Ottoman period at the beginning of the 20th century, returning to his main specialty, surgery, in the latter part of his life.

[citation needed] In recognition for his contributions as an eminent citizen and mayor, an avenue in Kadıköy district of Istanbul, Opr.