[2][1] From 1986 to 1989 he studied sociology and economics at the University of Hamburg and from 1992 to 1996 visual communications at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg.

[1] His first film from 1995 he produced for the German public broadcaster ZDF[2] and is an autobiographical documentary about the experience of his father as a guest worker and his mother, who stayed behind in the village.

[3] His movies often focus on the Kurdish diaspora and the signification of the homeland for the refugees and immigrants.

[3] Longing for Istanbul focuses on the several nationalities that have settled in Istanbul while Hope on the human rights of Kurdish people in Turkey.

[6] The documentary Close-Up Kurdistan involves places of his childhood in Karaçokan and an interview with a relative.