Hozat told the New Internationalist that "We're experiencing a third world war in the region" in regards to Turkey. After the failed Kurdish-Turkish peace process in the mid-2010s, the PKK resumed fighting in the region after an attempted coup against Erdoğan. Bese Hozat said that there never was a peace process and that ruling AKP was badly in need of a ceasefire due to a difficult situation both in local and foreign arenas.[1] She accused the AKP of instrumentalizing the peace process to get more sympathy at home and abroad.[1]