He studied in Arabic and Islamic sciences at Beyazıd Dersiâms under the tutelage of Atıf Efendi, a mudarris (a teacher who gave lessons in mosques or madrasas) in Istanbul, and received his licence/authentication (ijazah) from him.
[5] After completing his education, he began his career in public service when he held his first official position at the Fazliye Madrasa in February 1890, where he taught students until his appointment to the Ankara Court of Appeals on 10 October 1898.
[6] At the onset of the Turkish War of Independence (1919–1923), Börekçi founded a nationwide resistance organization, Ankara Defense of Rights Society on 29 October 1919 and became its president.
His collaboration with Mustafa Kemal Pasha included both moral and material support during the early stages of the movement, particularly after the signing of the Treaty of Sèvres in August 1920, which created occupation zones within the Ottoman Empire.
However, the Ankara government, led by Mustafa Kemal Pasha, reinstated him as mufti, citing his ongoing influence within the nationalist ranks.