In 1939, he became an associate professor in the newly established faculty of Electrical Engineering of ITU and in 1948 he became the professor in the same faculty. In 1960 he was elected as the distinguished professor of telecommunications in the same university. Between 1964 and 1965 he was the dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and between 1965 and 1969 he was the rector of the university. Between 1072 and 1976 he taught in Karadeniz Technical University. In 1977 he was reelected as the dean of faculty of Electrical Engineering in ITU.[2]
Bedri Karafakioğlu was a victim of political chaos during the 1970s in Turkey. On 20 October 1978, he was assassinated while walking on the street in Istanbul.[1]
Books by Bedri Karafakioğlu
There are 11 textbooks by Karafakioğlu all of which were published by the ITU. They are all in Turkish language. 6 of them were written by Bedri Karafakioğlu and 5 of them were translated by him.[3]