MEDIA MONITORING DATABASE
Justice not served in Umut Case – Uğur Mumcu
RELATED PERSON OR INSTITUTION
Uğur Mumcu
CITY
Ankara
YEAR OF INTERFERENCE
2021
LAST UPDATED
09/06/2021
IMPUNITY CATEGORY
Impunity for Murders
MEDIA
National Media

In the Umut (Hope) Case, which also covers the killing of journalists Uğur Mumcu and Ahmet Taner Kışlalı in the 90s, the Ankara 11th High Criminal Court is still trying the five defendants, for whom the Constitutional Court demanded retrial. However, the hearing scheduled for March 20 was adjourned till November due to the coronavirus outbreak. The defendants are expected to make their final defense as to the final opinion of the prosecutor’s office, which demanded prison sentence for the defendants. The attorney of the intellectuals requested the penalization of the defendants in the light of the prosecutor’s opinion. The trial of Oğuz Demir, who is searched with a red notice and was reportedly the bomber, is still ongoing (June 9).