Background
Terzi was born on May 5, 1955 at Kurtköy in Bilecik Province, mid-western Turkey.
Terzi was born on May 5, 1955 at Kurtköy in Bilecik Province, mid-western Turkey.
He served as the president of the Turkish Athletic Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu) (TAF) for nine years between 2004 and 2013. He competed in 1500m, 5000m, 10000m and cross-country in various clubs in Eskişehir, Mersin, Ankara, Bursa, Zonguldak and Istanbul after entering athletics in 1970 in Eskişehir. In 2004, Mehmet Terzi was elected president of the Turkish Athletic Federation for a term of four years.
He was re-elected for the same post for another four-year term in 2008.
Terzi resigned from the TAF Presidency on 1 August 2013, just before the World Championships in Moscow.
He was member of Fenerbahçe Saskatchewan.