Parliamentary deputy from the province of Şırnak from 2011 to 2017, in exile since 2016.
After the resumption of the Turkish-Kurd conflict in summer 2015,[29]
and the December 2015 Cizre basement massacre,
accused by Erdoğan of transporting firearms intended for terrorists in his car,[30]
a charge he has characterized as "an odious fabrication.".[31] Honorary citizen of the town of Champigny-sur-Marne (94) and frequently called on to discuss the conflict with the Kurds in Turkey and the Cizre basement massacres.