Background
He was born in Sebil, a village of Tarsus, in Mersin province of Turkey.
He was born in Sebil, a village of Tarsus, in Mersin province of Turkey.
Following his primary education in his hometown, he attended Haydarpaşa High school in Istanbul finishing in 1940. Tütengil studied philosophy at Istanbul University and graduated with a degree in 1944.
Between 1944 and 1953, Tütengil served as a high school teacher for philosophy in Antalya and Diyarbakır, and worked in village institutes as well. In 1953, Cavit Orhan Tütengil started his academic career by entering Faculty of Economics at Istanbul University as an assistant for sociology. He became an associate professor in 1960, and from 1970 on, he served as professor
In 1962, the Turkish Ministry of National Education sent him to England for two years.
Cavit Orhan Tütengil was murdered early in the morning on December 7, 1979 on the way to university at a city bus stop in Levent, Istanbul. The four assassins gunned him down in crossfire and left a notice signed "Anti Terör Birliği" (Anti Terror Unit) at the crime scene.
The assassination remained unsolved.