There were several sports persons at his funeral such as UEFA vice presicent Şenes Erzik, former TFF president Haluk Ulusoy, Turkey manager Fatih Terim, Sivasspor chairman Mecnun Otyakmaz, and national footballer Emre Belözoğlu.
In 2005, he became the general secretary of the Turkish Football Association under the presidency of Levent Bıçakçı and continued to serve in various roles under TFF presidents Haluk Ulusoy, Hasan Doğan, Mahmut Özgener and Mehmet Ali Aydınlar until January 2012.
He was elected as the president in 1989, a position he held for eight years until he passed the torch to Haluk Ulusoy.