Yusuf Ekinci (1942, in Diyarbakır – 25 February 1994, in Ankara) was a

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politician in Turkey who was involved in the

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Biography

He was born in Lice to Kamil Ekinci. In June 1963 he was a student of the Faculty of Law at

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and he was known as a

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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

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of the newspaper ''Emekçi'' (the Laborer), which was the publication of the Party. Following his graduation he went to

Diyarbakır Diyarbakır is the largest Kurdish-majority city in Turkey. It is the administrative center of Diyarbakır Province. Situated around a high plateau by the banks of the Tigris river on which stands the historic Diyarbakır Fortress, it is ...

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. In the Fourth General Assembly of the TİP held in April 1974, he declared that he had dissident opinions to his brother

Tarık Ziya Ekinci Tarık Ziya Ekinci (25 February 1925 – 15 August 2024) was a Kurdish politician and physician from Turkey. A member of the Workers' Party of Turkey, he served in the Grand National Assembly from 1965 to 1969. His brother Yusuf Ekinci was as ...

, and that his main purpose had been the establishment of “

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” and that he was a “Kurdish nationalist.” Starting from December 1984 he worked as a lawyer in Ankara. He was found dead in the Doktorlar region in Gölbaşı District of

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on 25 February 1994.

References

* (contains the Susurluk reports in English) 1942 births 1994 deaths Kurdish nationalists Kurdish socialists Members of the 20th Parliament of Turkey 20th-century Turkish lawyers Workers' Party of Turkey politicians {{Turkey-bio-stub