He has said that he was born and raised in Adana and that his family has had a bakery business in the city for more than a hundred years.
او می‌گوید در آدانا به دنیا آمده، بزرگ شده و خانواده او برای مدت بیشتر از صد سال در کار نانوایی بوده‌اند.