[2] Papağan won the gold medal with Merve Nur Eroğlu in the Mixed team event, and another gold medal with Sadık Savaş in the men's team event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey, which were held one year later due to COVID-19 pandemic.

[3] He and Sadık Savaş captured the gold medal in the Open doubles event at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic.

[4] The same year, he and Sadık Savaş won the silver medal in the Open team event at the European Para Championships in Kop van Zuid, Netherlands.

Papağan, who was performing compulsory military service as a Gendarmerie Commando Private stationed im Tunceli, was among the wounded personnel when a bullet hit his spinal cord.

He was treated at the Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) and then at the Turkish Armed Forces Rehabilitation Center in Ankara.