He was involved in several pro-Kurdish parties like the Peoples Democratic Party (HADEP), the Democratic Peoples Party (DEHAP) or the Democratic Society Party (DTP). He was banned from politics for five years, following the 2009 closure of the Democratic Society Party (DTP).[4] Later he joined the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and was elected as a member of parliament representing Mardin in the parliamentary elections of June 2015,[5] and the following snap elections of November 2015.[6]