He graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1908 and from the Faculty of Science of Paris University (Sorbonne) in 1912.

[1] After some years in Paris he returned home to teacher[2] at Galatasaray High School in 1912, remaining there until 1920.

At the end of the war, he was appointed as an adviser to the Turkish delegation to Conference of Lausanne.

Bayur was appointed to various embassies and consulates – London (1923–1925), Belgrade (1925–1927) and Kabul (1928) – before becoming Secretary General of the Presidency.

Following his release from prison, he began a career in journalism and started writing for the newspaper Kudret.