Background
He was born in the village of Suphî in Batman Province in Turkey.
He was born in the village of Suphî in Batman Province in Turkey.
He began to publish a newspaper titled Batman Gazetesi in 1967. He became the head of the Batman branch of the Workers Party of Turkey. From 1968 to 1970, he became involved in the labor union movement of Turkey.
In 1970, he fled to Germany and later to Sweden where he stayed until his death.
He is buried in Diyarbakır. He is the uncle of Nalin Pekgul who have been active at the Swedish socialdemocratic party and journalist Kurdo Baksi.
Around the same period, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for promoting Kurdish nationalism.