 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa muRusçuk muna 1876. Apedza zvidzidzo zvake paKuleli Military High School, akanyoresa muOttoman Military Academy. Akapedza kudzidza muna 1896 somutevedzeri wechipiri. Akatumirwa kumuganhu weGreece kunobatira muHondo yeGreek-Turkish ya1897. Gare gare akarwa nevapanduki muBalkans. Akanga achibatanidzwa mukukakavadzana neBoatmen of Thessaloniki muna 1903. Gare gare akaenda kuYemen semutungamiriri webato kuti anorwisa vapanduki vechiArab. Muna 1915, akagadzwa kuva mutungamiri we42nd Infantry Regiment muGallipoli Campaign. Akarwa nemauto eFrance muSeddülbahir neKerevizdere matunhu. Muna 1916, iye neuto rake vakatumirwa kuArabia Peninsula kunoputsa Kurwiswa kweMedina. Mushure meChibvumirano cheSevres, akabatana neKuva-yi Milliye kupikisa kweTurkey uye aibatanidzwa mukufambisa zvombo uye zvombo zvehondo kuAnkara. Muna 1921, akabatana neHurumende yeAnkara pasi pekutungamira kwaMustafa Kemal Atatürk uye akarwa muhondo yeGreek-Turkey 19191922. Pashure pehondo, akatungamirira mahofisi ehondo akasiyana-siyana. Akasiya basa muna 1931 saBrigadier General. Akafa muna 1950. 