Education
He graduated from Ankara University Law School.
He graduated from Ankara University Law School.
He is of Circassian origin. He has been in politics since the 1950s. In March 2003, he was against Turkish collaboration at the Iraq War, and he called American ships as "enemy ships".
He was President of the Turkish Bar Association from 1989 to 1995.
He is currently a member of CHP and the Turkish Parliament.