After attracting attention with his successful performance, he was included in the Turkish national wrestling team and worked with important coaches such as Gazanfer Bilge, Mehmet Oktav, Hüseyin Erkmen and Celal Atik.

He competed in a major international tournament for the first time at the Mediterranean Games in 1955, where he had to settle for fifth place in the heavyweight division.

[1] In the qualifiers held in Turkey for the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, he defeated Kazım Ayvaz in the welterweight division and was selected for the team.

[4] 20 April 2014, the Turkish Wrestling Federation announced that Bayrak, who was residing in Germany, died at the age of 85 due to an illness.

[5] Mithat Bayrak was buried at the Wrestling Foundation cemetery after the noon prayer at Ankara Karşıyaka Mosque.