Hozat has been a very outspoken critic of the nation-state and supported the PKK abandoning its plan for an independent Kurdistan.[1] When Bese Hozat was asked by the New Internationalist what she thought about the referendum on Kurdish independence in September 2017, she said that "our movement's approach is not about building a state - a state system will not be to the benefit of the Kurdish people but a thorn in the side."[7]