[1] After finishing Kabataş High School in 1932, he studied Medicin at Istanbul University.

Fişek obtained a Doctor of Medicine title from Harvard University in 1952.

[1] Nusret Fişek married Perihan Rukiye in 1940 (died 2007),[2][3] who gave birth to two sons, Kurthan (1942-2012),[4] and A. Gürhan (1951-2017).

In 1963, Fişek took the post of the head of the newly established Institute of Community Medicine at Hacettepe University in Ankara.

[1] From 1983 on, Fişek served six years long as the chairman of the Union of Turkish Physicians.