• 1938 - Doctor of Medicine
  İstanbul University, İstanbul
• 1940 - Specialist in Pediatrics
  Numune Hospital, Ankara
• 1945 - 1946 Postgraduate Studies, Pediatrics (15 ay)
  Graduate School of Medicine, Harvard University, USA
      Research Fellow, Pediatrics
      Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA (6 months)
      Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, USA (9 months)
• 1946 - 1947 Research Fellow, Pediatrics
  Washington University, St. Louis, USA
• 1947 - 1949 Lecturer, Pediatrics
  Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara
• 1949 - 1955 Associate Professor of Pediatrics
  Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara
• 1955 - 1967 Professor of Pediatrics
  Ankara University, Ankara
• 1967 - 1981 Professor of Pediatrics
  Hacettepe University, Ankara
• 1976 - 1977 Visiting Professor of Pediatrics
  Paris Descartes University (Paris V), France

Professional Background

• 1955 - 1981 Director
  Hacettepe Institute of Child Health, Ankara
• 1963 - Dean
  Hacettepe Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ankara University, Ankara
• 1963 - 1965 Rector
  Ankara University, Ankara
• 1965 - 1967 Chairman of Board of Trustees
  Middle East Technical University, Ankara
• 1967 - 1975 Rector
  Hacettepe University, Ankara
• 1981 - 1992 President
  Council of Higher Education of Turkey