[5] Following his studies of law at Ankara University, he was drafted to attend his military service in Malatya, but was released early after paying the Bedelli askerlik.

He was reelected in the consecutive Parliamentary Elections of June[12] and November 2015[13] as a Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing Mardin for the HDP.

[18] During the PKK's unilateral cease-fire, Dora appreciated what in 2003 he called an "atmosphere of peace" that had played a significant role in encouraging Assyrians to consider a return to their Southern Anatolian homeland.

"[10] In the issue of history school books denigrating Armenians and Aramaic Christians, Dora however acknowledged that hostile phrasings appeared there only relatively recently.

[25] Lately, Dora supported the – ultimately successful – months of protest against destruction of the historic Armenian community property Kamp Armen in Istanbul, where he himself was once raised and educated.

"[26] Regarding the mass exodus of Christians from Iraq, Dora asked the United Nations and the USA to "intervene to defend them but without creating a civil conflict.