In 1989, he started attending The Department of Public Finance in the Faculty of Economics of Istanbul University, and he was introduced to politics through his older sister and brother and student associations.

[2] Göktepe, who went to the Alibeyköy Cemetery at noon on January 8 in order to cover the funeral of two leftist inmates, Rıza Boybaş (pronounced [ɾɯza bojbaʃ]) and Orhan Özen (pronounced [oɾhan øzen]), who were beaten to death during prison riots in the Ümraniye Prison in Istanbul on January 4, 1996, was detained by police who blockaded the region.

In the course of contacts between lawyers acting for Evrensel, the police authorities and the Eyüp public prosecutor, it was stated that Göktepe was in detention and that he would be released in the evening unless legal charges were brought.

An unknown person, who was detained and then released, called the Evrensel newspaper around 8 pm and reported that Göktepe had been beaten to death.

An autopsy showed that internal bleeding in Göktepe's brain and tissues, which occurred as a result of the blows to the head and body, was the cause of death.