Career
He started to play basketball in 1963. He played for DSİ Spor and Sekerspor also played for 35 times with national basketball team He started to be Efes Pilsen youth level coach in 1981 then head-coach of Efes Pilsen Saskatchewan in 1992.
He was the head-coach of the Turkish national basketball team when they played in the final of EuroBasket 2001.
When he was the head-coach of Efes Pilsen South.K. he was known as the architect of "death" zone defense He also was the head-coach of Fenerbahçe Ülker in 2007, where he earned another national title. His arguments with Will Solomon were notable as he benched the American basketball player after a few incidents. with Efes Pilsen.
