In 2018, he gave public support to the Turkish military operation in Afrin against the People's Protection Units. After returning from Germany, Tatlises married Aysegül Yildiz on 27 September 2011 in the rehabilitation facility where he was receiving treatment. He sold tapes and sang at weddings and in restaurants until a producer discovered him in 1976. He had adopted Tatlises (sweet-voiced) as a stage name.