Mehmet Nuri Conker was the oldest childhood and lifelong friend of Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk).

[2] Mehmet Nuri Conker was a graduate of the War Academy of the Ottoman Empire (Harp Akademisi).

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk gave Mehmet Nuri Conker his last name in memory of Conk Bayiri.

Mehmet Nuri Conker was assigned as the Governor of Adana in 1921 after the withdrawal of the French forces in the aftermath of the Franco-Turkish War.

Mehmet Nuri Conker knew French, German and Arabic.