Despite being at differences with the PKK due to their doctrine and ideology, he praised their efforts for Kurdistan and considered them much better than Turkey, and therefore offered shelter in his house for the militants.
Timoqi immediately crossed the border into Syrian Kurdistan in 1985, and settled there while occasionally visiting Beqaa Valley.
He lived in the Mahsum Korkmaz Academy for many days, and was always highly respected by the PKK militants and leaders.
[3][4] During Timoqi's later years, Öcalan became his caretaker and helped him with basic tasks that he couldn't do because of his frail body, such as laying his prayer rug down for him.
[5] He advocated for an independent Kurdistan, not for better status for Kurds as Turkish citizens, nor for the restoration of the Ottoman Empire.