 He also won the Istanbul Marathon in 1985 and the San Francisco Marathon in 1987; after receiving silver medals in the 1978 Paris, France and 1983 Frankfurt, Germany marathons.He competed for Turkey in marathon at the 1984 Los Angeles and 1988 Seoul Olympics, but did not achieve a top rank.In 2004, Mehmet Terzi was elected president of the Turkish Athletic Federation for a term of four years.