He was born in Gaziantep to a traditionalist family and underwent training to become an officer in the Turkish Army, eventually reaching the rank of Major.
But as a member of The Fourteen [tr], a group around Alparslan Türkeş,[1] he was sent into exile to Switzerland to serve as a military attache in the Turkish embassy in Zürich.
[4] He supported the privatization of the Turkish economy except for the railways, natural resources and the heavy industry and expressed his opposition towards a Government which would be responsible for the production of shoes or managing hotels.
[5] Besides he demanded the foundation of agricultural towns of about 5,000 peasants to prevent the migration of the rural population to the urban centers.
[2] Following his death his friend, the historian Ziya Nur Aksun [tr], collected many of his words and published them.