Gökçek was arrested on 1 May 2019 and confronted with terror related charges.[1] Following he joined an ongoing hunger-strike of other Grup Yorum members in June 2019.[3] The demands of the hunger-strikers were that the Turkish government ends the suppression of the group, releases its members from prison and allows their concerts to be held.[4] On the 4 January 2020, he and Helin Bölek turned their hunger-strike into a death fast. On the 14 January, the prosecution demanded a life sentence for Gökçek.[5] In February 2020, he was released from prison, but he kept on to his hunger-strike.[6] On the 5 May 2020 he ended his hunger-strike and was transferred to a hospital for treatment. On the 7 may 2020, he died.[7]