Hozat says that the European Union (EU) are hypocrites.[1] She says that the EU knows what Turkey is doing to the Kurdish people, but that they do nothing to intervene.[7] Hozat sees European Union–Turkey relations as pragmatic and that they are not doing enough for Kurds in Turkey.[7] Hozat claims that Turkey is "blackmailing Brussels by playing the 'refugee crisis card'"[7] When Erdogan arrested 13 Kurdish oppositions members of the Turkish parliament after the failed 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, Hozat says that Europe has been silent about the 2016–present purges in Turkey. She says that "Europe is responsible for the rise of fascism in Turkey because this silence and indifference are indirect support for Turkish policies."[2]