[3] He went back to Tunisia in 1958, two years after the country's independence where he resumed contact with the School of Tunis which he was a founding member of and served as senior official in the Ministry of Culture.

He founded and directed the Center for Living Art and the Belvedere; furthermore, on the political front, he was elected to the National Assembly in 1979 and a municipal councilor for the city of Tunis.

[3] Turki paintings drew their inspiration in matters of Tunisian culture and its traditions, portraying characters and scenes of everyday Tunis.

Building a collective memory of Tunisia made his work a unique style which earned him international recognition.

[3] Turki was also a sculptor; he made the bronze statue of Ibn Khaldun, erected on Avenue Habib Bourguiba, where the School of Tunis was founded in 1949.