Career
Born on 3 March 1929 in Adapazarı of Sakarya Province, he began 1948 the wrestling sport in Sakarya Güneş Spor club Following his admission to the national team, he was trained by the renowned wrestlers Gazanfer Bilge, Mehmet Oktav, Hüseyin Erkmen and Celal Atik. He ceased his international career after the 1960 Olympics and emigrated to Germany, where he joined the wrestling sports club KSV Witten 07.
There, he wrestled almost 20 years more and served later also as trainer.
After the end of his career, he ran a restaurant in Witten, Germany. 1955 Mediterranean Games in Barcelona, Spain - 4th (Greco-Roman Welterweight).