aras was elected as the president of league of nations during the special session of the assembly convened for the purpose of considering the request of the kingdom of egypt for admission to the league of nations in geneva, on may 26–may 27, 1937. he was appointed as ambassador to the united kingdom in 1939 and stayed in london for three and a half years. he retired in 1943 and published some stories in the istanbul press (especially in the newspaper tan). he supported the establishment of the democratic party. he took office as chairman of the board of turkiye is bankasi, a turkish bank.