 He graduated from the Ottoman Military Academy second in his class (Fahreddin was first, Enver was fourth, Mahmud Kâmil was eighth) and graduated from the Ottoman Military College first in his class (Enver was second, Mahmud Kâmil was fourth, Fahreddin was seventh) on 5 December 1902.He was known as one of the "Freedom Heroes" in 1908.Hafiz Hakki fought in the Balkan wars in 1912 and then wrote books about how armies should be led.