Ugur Mumcu
Year: 1993
Nationality: Turkey
Killed by: Political Group
Location: Ankara, Turkey
Press organization: Cumhuriyet
What's Ugur Mumcu's story?
On January 24, 1993, Ugur Mumcu, 51, a reporter and columnist for the Turkish daily Cumhuriyet, was killed by a car bomb while he was in his vehicle outside his home in Ankara, according to media reports. Mumcu, whose coverage included Islamic fundamentalism, drug and gun smuggling, and the Kurdish separatist movement, was a staunch supporter of Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey; before his death, Mumcu had been researching the alleged connection between the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a separatist rebel group in Turkey, and Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT). He had received numerous death threats, according to media reports.
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