ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti wˈʌn, hiː ɪstˈæblɪʃt ðɪ ˌiːkənˈɑːmɪk ænd sˈoʊʃəl stˈʌdiz kˈɑːnfɹəns bˈoːɹd, wˌɪtʃ wʊd lˈeɪɾɚ bɪkˌʌm ðə tˈɜːkɪʃ ˌiːkənˈɑːmɪk ænd sˈoʊʃəl stˈʌdiz faʊndˈeɪʃən, wˈʌn ʌvðə kˈʌntɹiz fˈɜːst ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndənt stɹətˈiːdʒɪk ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃ ˈɪnstɪtˌuːts.
In 1961, he established the Economic and Social Studies Conference Board, which would later become the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, one of the country's first independent strategic research institutes.