Hüseyin Ekmekçi was born in Famagusta in 1975. He started his journalism career at Halkın Sesi Newspaper as a part-timer in 1991, before going professional at the same newspaper in 1993. In 1994, he moved to Yenidüzen Newspaper. In 1998, he joined KIBRIS Newspaper, while in 2006 he returned to Yenidüzen Newspaper. In 2008, he became the chief editor of KIBRIS TV. In 2009, he established Havadis Newspaper as a founding partner and served as the managing editor. In 2018, he started working at digital newspaper Haber Kıbrıs. Currently, he works as the chief editor. He writes daily columns on weekdays and is also the producer of a TV programme titled “Günaydın Haber Kıbrıs”.