He was born in Konya in 1941. He graduated from Konya Imam Hatip High School in 1960 and from Istanbul Higher Islamic Institute (now Marmara University Faculty of Theology) in 1965. He worked as a teacher and administrator in various schools in Kars, Konya and Istanbul. He worked as the Director of National Education in Antalya between 1984-1986. After retiring in 1993, he served in national education for 39 years by teaching in private schools until 2004.
Apart from his education services, he wrote stories for the magazines “Mavi Kırlangıç”, “Tercüman Çocuk” and “Diyanet Çocuk”.