in 2014, she criticized hdp representative aysel tuğluk who was seen throwing stones at security forces in a video published in the media. on 16 march 2016, she went to nusaybin, mardin, and reported on the incidents. later in april, she went to yüksekova, hakkâri, and prepared an onsite field report about the events that were happening in the area. following the release of nazlı çelik's reports from yüksekova, hakkâri, people's democratic party's (hdp) representative from hakkari, abdullah zeydan, criticized çelik and accused her of "acquiring rating through blood". çelik responded to the accusations by saying, "[what is shown] is the actual place itself, not a movie set in hollywood. soldiers and cops are not figurants. the holes in the surrounding buildings are not drill holes. it's yüksekova itself, where dozens of martyrs lost their lives and many terrorists were killed."