After her graduation from the Law Faculty of the Dokuz Eylül University in Izmir, she began to be involved as a defender of human rights at the Van branch of the Turkish Human Rights Association (IHD) and also the Van Bar Association.

[5] She was a member of the Plan and Budget Commission and NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATOPA) Turkish Group.

[9][10] The Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu alleged the mayors had illegally supported the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and their dismissal was in line with Art.

[11] In October 2019 a judge accepted an indictment for Özgökçe Ertan, and prosecuted her for being a "member of an armed terror organization".

[13] In November 2020, it was reported that she was now living in exile in Greece and that Frank Mentrup, the Mayor of Karlsruhe, supported her emigration to Germany as Turkey invalidated her Turkish passport.