He regularly performed on the kudüm drum at ceremonies commemorating Mevlana in Konya when the government lifted the restrictions for these occasions.

He published a complete set of Mevlevi ayin (music and words for the ceremonies), including translations from the original Persian texts into Turkish.

He started his musical studies under Ahmed Irsoy, from whom he learned over a thousand religious and nonreligious songs.

He was against the theoretical approach formed by scholars Arel, Ezgi and Uzdilek (the so-called Arel-Ezgi-Uzdilek system).

He composed over 15 songs and taught many important musicians, including Kâni Karaca, Aziz Bahriyeli, Hüseyin Top, and Ahmet Özhan.