After the coup d'état on May 27, 1960, he was arrested and tried at the special court of Yassıada. Because he knew very little Turkish language, he gave his plea in "mix language" of Kurdish and Turkish. The accusation of the public prosecutor was the violation of and disregarding the constitution. He replied "Mr. judge, I swear to God, if I've known that there was the constitution under our feet, I wouldn't have trampled on it."