 Due to new appointment of Osman Ferit Pasha as commender of Taşkışla Military Barracks, the time also when he finished his primary school education, Mehmet Şamil moved to Istanbul with his family where he studied Lycée Saint-Joseph, Istanbul.In 1902 Autumn, a group of young athletics practitioners including Mehmet Şamil and his brother Hüseyin Bereket used to train gymnastics, weight lifting, wrestling at Şeyhhül Harem Osman Paşa Konağı, Serencebey Neighbourhood, Beşiktaş District of Istanbul.Shortly after in 1902, the group were taken into custody since it was İstibdat period of Ottoman Empire and playing football was prohibited, however they have been released following unfolded fact that they were practising athletics, individually -rather than playing football.