Veli Ağbaba was born in Yazıhan, Malatya Province, on 3 April 1968 as the son of Hüseyin and Elif Ağbaba. He completed his high school education in Malatya at Turan Emeksiz High School. He graduated from Anadolu University in 1989. In his youth, Ağbaba founded the Anadolu University Student Association. He is married with three children.[1]
A report that up to 400 workers had been killed during the construction of the new Istanbul Airport prompted Ağbaba to lodge a written questionnaire to the Turkish parliament on 13 February 2018.[4]