Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haife shi a Istanbul, Daular Ottoman a watan Oktoba 1914, Kuneralp shi ne ɗan na biyu na Ali Kemal, ɗan jarida, marubuci, kuma ɗan siyasa, tare da matarsa ta biyu, Sabiha Hanım. Ali Kemal ya kasance abokin hamayyar siyasa na 'yan kasa a lokacin Birtaniya, Faransa, da Italiyanci
Aiki na Constantinople, a lokacin yakin Turkiyya na Independence. An tsare shi lokacin da masu juyin juya halin suka yi nasara a 1922 kuma aka kai shi Ankara zuwa Kotun 'Yancin Kai, amma jirgin ruwa (ko jirgin kasa) da aka sanya shi ya tsaya a Izmit kuma a can ne matasa sojojin Turkiyya suka kashe shi. Bayan sace da kuma kashe mahaifinsa mahaifiyarsa ta dauki iyalin zuwa gudun hijira a Switzerland. A can ya sami ilimi, kuma ya sami digiri na Dokta a Jami'ar Bern a 1938, inda kuma ya shiga ƙungiyar "Zähringia Bernensis".