Velioğlu was born in Bağözü, Gercüş on 1 January 1952, to a Sunni Kurdish family which spoke Kurmanji, from the Habezbenî tribe.
He gained much knowledge, especially in geography, and was described as knowing every "mountain, stream, forest, road, village, and historical place" in Kurdistan as well as the Kurdish tribes and where they live.
[10][11] Velioğlu claimed that Kurdish separatism was a complete right, and not an unjust and unprovoked nationalist movement like Turkish or Arab nationalism.
He also called for the independent Kurdistan to establish good relations with Muslim states first, and then focus on non-Muslim countries.
[16] Velioğlu founded the Kurdish Hezbollah in 1987, moving forward with the goal of forming Kurdistan as an independent country.
[9][30] Velioğlu emphasised the importance of speaking in Kurdish to his followers, as well as referring to their region as "North Kurdistan" instead of "Southeast Anatolia".
[32][33] Velioğlu was very extreme in achieving his goals, and even banned women from speaking Turkish as a way to raise an entirely Kurdish-speaking generation.
[2] Velioğlu also travelled to the city of Soran along with 300 Kurdish Hezbollah fighters to receive training from Adham Barzani.
When the police broke the door, they were met with heavy fire, and the shootout continued until Velioğlu and his comrade died.
After the police saw that Velioğlu had died, they briefly left before returning and raiding the house to arrest the remaining two Hezbollah members.
[46] In 2016, Cübbeli Ahmet allegedly insulted Hüseyin Velioğlu and angered Kurdish Hezbollah supporters.