[2][3][4] Born in Istanbul, in 1990 to a Turkish Cypriot mother and a father of Meskhetian descent, Oz Karahan moved to Famagusta when he was 15 years old.

[5] After his studies, he eventually moved to Larnaca, where the Cypriot part of his family originates from.

[10] From a very young age, he joined and led a youth organization called Linobambaki, which was an active organisation during the 2011 Turkish Cypriot protests against Turkey.

[14] He was one of the founders of the World Union of Turkish-speaking Cypriots (WUTC),[15] which fought against the Turkish occupation and the social and cultural oppression that Turkish Cypriots face in the occupied areas of Cyprus because of Turkey.

[16] Oz Karahan participated in the European Parliament elections as an MEP candidate from the Jasmine Movement independents list in 2019,[17][18] and from the Green Party of Cyprus list in 2024.