[3] He encouraged the Turkish Government led by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) to release Kurdish prisoners, recognizing Kurdish rights in Turkey and establishing good relations with the Syrian Kurds in exchange for Kurdish votes for the Istanbul mayoral elections on the 23 June 2019.

Once together with twelve politicians of the HDP including the party co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ on the 4 November 2016[5] but released shortly after.

[6] Nevertheless, he was prosecuted for allegedly having spread terror propaganda during the curfew of Sur in 2015.

[7] Then he was again detained for a few hours in January 2017, due to investigation for insulting the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

[8] İmam Taşçıer grew up in the village Yukarısalat in Bismil District, Diyarbakır Province[9] and is a teacher.