 Ozdemir ndiye aive musimboti wekubvumidzwa kweBundestag kuArmenian Genocide muna Chikumi 2016, iyo yakatsamwisa Turkey. Iye ave achitsoropodzawo kusungwa kwakawanda kweTurkey uye kudzvinyirira kusagutsikana zvichitevera kuyedza kudonha.muna Chikunguru 2016. Özdemir akashora kupindirwa kweTurkey kuchamhembe kweSyria nechinangwa chekudzinga maSyria maKurds anotsigirwa neUS kubva mudunhu reAfrin. Akasangana nevakuru vakuru veTurkey panguva ye2018 Munich Security Conference, panguva iyo yainzi anonzi magandanga uye akagamuchira dzimwe tyisidziro dzakasiyana kubva kumumiriri weTurkey. Somugumisiro, Özdemir akawana dziviriro chaiyo yamapurisa. 