 He graduated from Galatasaray High School and Bosphorus University, both in Istanbul, Turkey.He started his diplomatic career on March 4, 1975.He has served as Assistant Consul in the Consulate General of Turkey in Chicago, United States (1977–1980, as second Attaché and head Attaché in the Embassy of Turkey in Kabul, Afghanistan (1980–1982), as head of section in the Multilateral Relations Bureau in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara, Turkey (1982–1984), as Attaché and Director in the Permanent Representation of Turkey to the United Nations (1984–1988), as a consultant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1988-1991 (with the title of ambassador from 1989 onwards) and as a consultant to the Prime Minister in 1991.