Born in 1867 in Akdoğan (Hopşera) village of Çaykara into a scholarly family. He taught for many years as a müderris at his madrasa in Akdoğan, training numerous students; a noted late-Ottoman Çaykara scholar. He died in 1942 and is buried in Akdoğan village beside his madrasa. (Sources: Evliyalar.net; Çaykara Gazetesi)