In 2007, the General Assembly of MAZLUMDER appointed him as the President at the national level. Despite the calls from the General Assembly to continue his function, Gergerlioglu decided to leave the presidency in 2009.[11][12] He was one of the co-signatories of the I apologize campaign, in which several personalities of the Turkish-Kurdish society[13] encouraged Turkey to take responsibility for their role regarding the massacres suffered by the Armenians.[14]