Background
He was born in Lice to Kamil Ekinci.
He was born in Lice to Kamil Ekinci.
Following his graduation he went to Diyarbakır in April 1969 to do his compulsory practice, and he participated in the rally held here in protest to the draft bill of the Law to Protect the Constitution. During the period of his arrest in 1970 and 1971, he was put on trial on charges of carrying out activities within the Revolutionary East Culture Centers (DDKD). As of 1972 he was working as a lawyer in Diyarbakır trying to strengthen the Kurdish movement.
He was found dead in the Doktorlar region in Gölbaşı District of Ankara on 25 February 1994.
In June 1963 he was a student of the Faculty of Law at Ankara University and he was known as a socialist Kurdish nationalist in the school.
He was among the members of the youth organization of the Workers Party of Turkey (TİP) which started its activities in Ankara in December 1963, and he worked as the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Emekçi (the Laborer), which was the publication of the Party.