 He entered politics in 1961 as member of the parliament that was formed after the military coup in Turkey, 1960.He was elected in 1977 as the deputy of Ankara from the Republican People's Party (CHP) to the Turkish Grand National Assembly, and became minister for tourism and public relations in the cabinet of Bülent Ecevit's second government, which lasted only one month in the summer 1977.He was reelected in 1995 as the deputy of Istanbul from the CHP.