[2] He was one of the lawyers who represented Abdullah Öcalan in his trial on Imrali island in 1999[3] and also his appeal before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in 2003.

[4] Between 1994 and 2002, he represented the politicians of the banned Democracy Party (DEP) before ECHR, namely Ahmet Türk, Leyla Zana, Orhan Dogan, Hatip Dicle and others.

[5] In the verdict of this trial, the court reasoned that there was a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights and Turkey was ordered to pay each of the applicants of the case a remuneration.

[15] As in January 2018 the Turkish Armed Forces invaded Syria and occupied Afrin he opposed the military operation.

[18][19] He was prosecuted attacking the personal rights of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and sentenced to pay a fine equivalent of 3000€.