Background
He was the descendant of a distinguished line of Ottoman religious scholars and administrators.
He was the descendant of a distinguished line of Ottoman religious scholars and administrators.
Ürgüplü graduated from Galatasaray High School.
He served a brief term as prime minister of Turkey in 1965. After a brief career as a judge, Ürgüplü entered the Parliament in 1939 and served as Minister of Customs and Public Monopolies in the Şükrü Saracoğlu cabinet in 1947-1948. He returned to the senate of Parliament in 1961 and was its chairman November 27, 1963–November 6, 1963.
Ürgüplü was asked to form a non-partisan caretaker cabinet after the collapse of Premier İsmet İnönü"s coalition government in 1965.
The cabinet was formed on 5 February, and served until the parliamentary elections of 10 October, although it never received a vote of confidence in Parliament. Ürgüplü continued to serve in the senate until 1972.
He died on 27 December 1981 in Istanbul and was interred at the Edirnekapı Martyr"s Cemetery.