Ugur MUMCU
(August 22nd 1942-January 24th 1993)
(August 22nd 1942-January 24th 1993)
A Courageous Intellectual to Remember...Uğur Mumcu was born on August 22nd, 1942. After his studies at the Ankara University Faculty of Law, he practiced as a lawyer for some time.
Switching to journalism in 1974, Mumcu defended democracy and human rights in his writings, which he based entirely on concrete knowledge and facts, never betraying the principles of his profession. He regarded "the crime of our age" is to remain silent and indifferent about events of life.
"A murderer is a murderer, no matter if from the right or left."
He pressed for the investigation of many cases of the murder, without looking their political identity, of those who were murdered for their convictions and from terrorist attacks. He provided concrete evidence about the relation between acts of terror and arms traffickers and about the national and international aspects of the steadily rising reactionary organizations.
Uğur Mumcu was assassinated by the explosion of a bomb that was fixed to his car on January 24th, 1993...
-"Everyone is not responsible for what they argue, but also for what they are silent..."
-"How close are some dead people, how dead are most of the living people..."
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Rest in Peace...
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