Career
He founded the Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace. He was elected to the Greek parliament in June 1989. After a two-day trial he was found guilty of slander and misinformation by the Greek court and condemned to 18 months.
Leaving the courtroom he stated "I am being taken to prison only because I am a Turk.
If being a Turk is a crime, I repeat here that I am a Turk and I will remain so". Most Turkish politicians considered his death a staged political assassination rather than accident.
