To obtain a Ph.D. equivalent the Department for Education sent him to France.
Mustafa Sait Yazıcıoğlu is married and father of two children.
His brother Recep Yazıcıoğlu (died September 8, 2003) was the governor of Denizli and popular nationwide as "super governor" (Süper Vali).
Yazıcıoğlu was assigned head of the Presidency of Religious Affairs 1987–1992.
In the ministry of Erdoğan he was first responsible for religious affairs.