Daily Cumhuriyet columnist Uğur Mumcu will be commemorated Monday, on the 18th anniversary of his death.
The commemoration activities will start at noon in front of his house, at the same spot where he was murdered on what is now called Uğur Mumcu Avenue in Ankara’s Gaziosmanpaşa district, and will be followed with a series of other events throughout the day.
On Jan. 24, 1993, Mumcu was killed by an alleged Islamist extremist organization, which bombed his car in front of his house. Mumcu, a staunchly secularist investigative journalist for daily Cumhuriyet, was well known for his articles against fundamentalism, terrorism and corruption.
The criminal investigation into the incident has been unable to shed light on the facts and links of the murder.
This week, starting with the anniversary of Mumcu’s death and going through Jan. 31, which marks the murder of academic and politician Muammer Aksoy, has been termed Justice and Democracy Week by the Uğur Mumcu Investigative Journalism Foundation since 1994. It pays homage to those who have been victims of political assassinations through a series of events.
