Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Celalettin Arif ki Mehmet Arif i Erzurum, Ottoman Empire i te 1875. Whai muri i tana whakaoti i te Kura Tuarua o Soğukçeşme i Istanbul me te Kura Tuarua o Galatasaray, i ako ia i te ture me te putaiao torangapu i Paris, France. I waenga i te 1901 me te 1908, i mahi ia hei roia i Cairo, Ihipa. I tona hokinga ki Istanbul, i whakaako ia i te ture me te putaiao torangapu i nga whare wananga. Mai i te 1914 ki te 1920, i mahi ia hei perehitini conseil o te Bar o Istanbul. I whakauruhia e ia te roopu torangapu "Osmanlı Ahrar Fıkrası" ("Ottoman Liberty Party"), a ka pootihia hei mema mo Istanbul ki te whare paremata Ottoman i tana wa ture 4th. I te Poutu-te-rangi 4, 1920 i pootihia ia hei kaikorero mo te whare paremata i roa mo te wa poto i te wa i whakakorehia ai te whare paremata i te 5 o Paenga-whawha 1920 e nga hoia Allied i te wa o te
te nohoanga o Istanbul.