The United Nations (UN) in its report described the operations carried out in the region, especially in Şırnak, Cizre, Nusaybin, Sur and Silopi, as “an apocalyptic picture”. The 26-page report concerning the rights violations that took place between July 2015-December 2016, which has been released on UN’s official website, includes “information about the massive destruction caused by the operations launched by the government’s security forces and the people killed, and details concerning other rights violations”.
After graduating from elementary school, he began to work at a lathe leveling atelier. After military service, he was active in the Karabağlar People’s House Association in Izmir. In 1979, ultranationalists attacked the association, and he was shot from his arm and leg. He was among those who were taken into custody although they were the ones assaulted. He was in prison for 1 year after 1980 coup d’état. When he got out of prison, he was not able to use his arm like before. He then changed his profession and become a marble master.