Ka cika wannan magana: Sa'ad da yake ɗan shekara 19, an kira shi zuwa rukunin matasa na ƙasar Turkiya. Daga baya, ya zama memba na kungiyar 'yan wasan Turkiyya, yana halartar wasannin Olympics na 1952 a Helsinki, Finland, kuma sau uku a FIBA EuroBasket a
1955, 1957 da kuma 1959. Ya buga wasanni sau 71 gaba ɗaya don ƙungiyar ƙasa, kuma ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin kyaftin.