Türkali serving as literature teacher at Maltepe and Kuleli Military High School received imprisonment of nine years on charge of “political act” in 1951 and that was released on probation at the end of his seventh year. He was a member of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP).
Maltepe ve Kuleli Askeri Lise’sinde edebiyat öğretmenliği görevlerinde bulunan Vedat Türkali, 1951’de “siyasi eylem” suçlamasıyla ile dokuz yıl hapis cezası aldı, yedinci yılın sonunda şartlı tahliye oldu. Türkiye Komünist Partisi (TKP) üyesiydi.