Mumcu family to meet justice minister over reopened probe
The family of slain Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu will meet Justice Minister Akın Gürlek on Aug. 6 after requesting a meeting over concerns about the latest developments in the investigation into his 1993 assassination.
The Justice Ministry said in a statement on Aug. 3 that the meeting would address the current status of the case file and new efforts being carried out into the killing.
Mumcu’s wife, Güldal Mumcu, and children Özgür Mumcu and Özge Mumcu Aybars, along with their lawyers Turgut Kazan and Yalçın Akbal, had requested the meeting after Gürlek said the file was among hundreds of unsolved cases being reviewed.
In a statement, the family said Gürlek’s remarks that the Uğur Mumcu case was being reexamined had created “serious uncertainty and concern.”
