After graduating from the Faculty of Political Sciences, during the last years of the Ottoman Empire, he was appointed as the kaymakam (second level governor) of Menemen and Çeşme, both in İzmir Province.

Between 29 December 1930 and 26 October 1933, he served as the Minister of Public Works in the 6th and 7th government of Turkey.

[2][3] Between 11 November 1938 and 3 January 1939, he was the Minister of Justice in the 10th government of Turkey.

[4] From 26 May 1943 to 7 August 1946, he served as the Minister of Interior in the 14th government of Turkey.

In 1947, during the early years of the multi-party regime, he supported the moderate wing in CHP, and he was elected as the deputy of the party chairman İsmet İnönü.