Bilsel was born in 1879 in the city of
Damascus, in
Ottoman Syria, into a family of
Turkish origin. In 1903 he graduated from his studies in law, and between 1908–1914 and 1921–1925, Bilsel entered the State Public Law Course at the Law Department of the
Darülfünun’u Istanbul. He also became a national parliament member and an international representative of Turkey in global diplomatic forums. In 1948 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in medicine by the
University of Toulouse. ==Personal life==