In 1935 he published "Къызыл казакънынъ йырлары" (Songs of the Red Cossack), a collection of poems inspired by his military years.

While in Tashkent he directed a theater, the palace of railway workers, and became executive secretary of the board for the Union of Writers of the Uzbek SSR.

From 1953 to 1957 he studied at the Tashkent Pedagogical Institute, after which he became highly involved in the Crimean Tatar civil rights movement.

He travelled with delegations to Moscow and composed letters to the Central Committee of the Communist Party requesting the right of return – which was granted to most deported nations, including Chechens, Kalmyks, and Karachays, but not Crimean Tatars.

From 1980 to 1985 he headed the "Yildiz" magazine, and at the peak of his career he worked with many prominent Uzbeks including Komil Yashin and Sharaf Rashidov.

[3][5][6][7] He was a collaborator in the organization and promotion of the Mubarek zone project created to resettle Crimean Tatars in the arid Qashqadaryo in lieu of seeking return to Crimea.

Having finally returned from exile to Crimea in 1994 he wrote essays on political matters including "Victims of the Kremlin" and "I Am Your Tsar and God".