In 1919, due to his opposition to the government of Damat Ferid Pasha was exiled for three months to Kutahya, by the order of the Sultan Mehmet VI. In 1920 he was exiled again, this time as a supporter of the Ottoman Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) by the British Occupation forces. He was released in 1921 and joined the forces of the Ankara Government around Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Atatürk sent him to cover the several battle fronts in Turkish War of independence. In 1923, he founded the newspaper Vatan and following he was a fierce critic of Kemalist Government, specially as prime minister Ismet Inönü demanded the imposition of the Law for the restoration of Order during the Sheikh Said rebellion. Due to this opposition, he had to stand trial in front of the Independence Tribunals and was banned from journalistic activities until 1936. In 1940 he was able to re-publish the "Vatan." In 1952, a nationalist student attempted to murder him, but the assault failed and the student was sentenced to twenty years in prison. In the end of the Menderes era, he was imprisoned and condemned to over 1 year imprisonment, but was released after the military coup of 1960. He died on the 19 December 1972 in Istanbul.