He had three brothers: Dhimitër, Nikollaq, Thanas who would become one of the signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence,[2] and a sister named Katerina.He went in Istanbul to master the Ottoman Turkish language where he got in touch with Albanian patriotic clubs.Together with Fan Noli and Faik Konitza he was one of the main contributors for the congress of the Albanian patriotic clubs merge, where Vatra, the Pan-Albanian Federation of America was created.During the winter of 1912–1913 he moved to New York City where he started his short-lived newspaper Zëri i Popullit ('Voice of the People').[4] Right after the Albanian Declaration of Independence, Floqi moved back to Albania and offered himself in the project of the new judicial system that the Vlora government would start.He resigned soon after and worked as a lawyer until 1936, when Mehdi Frashëri's intervention made possible for him to return as member of the State Council.