Killed Journalist By Turkish Gov

TABLE: Killed journalists in Turkey (1988-1999) (Probably killed by Turkish Gov Sec Police (MIT), or pro gov militias)

Name and surname                Newspaper              Place and date of death

Hasan Fehmi             Serbesti            İstanbul   6 April 1909    opposed the Committee of Union and Progress
Ahmet Samim             Sada-yı Millet             İstanbul   9 June 1910
Zeki Bey            Şehrah                 İstanbul   10 July 1911
Hüseyin Kami           Alemdar             Konya       1912
Silahçı Tahsin            Silah               İstanbul   27 July 1914
Kevork Ferid            Tasvir’i Efkar            April 1915  murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Hovhannes Kazancıyan       Journalist-writer       April 1915  murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Krikor Torosyan         Dizağik            April 1915  murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Sarkis Minassian Azadamard  Ayaş               5 May 1915  murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Sarkis Süngücüyan        İravunk            1 June 1915     fate not known
Nerses Papazyan         Azadamard           Ankara  1915    murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Harutün Şahrigyan         Azadamard           Ankara  1915    murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Garabed Paşayan Khan       writer              Ayaş   1915    allegedly tortured then killed
Levon Larents           Tsayn Hayrenyats        Ankara  1915    murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Smpad Piurad            Pünig              Ankara  1915    murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Hampartsum Hampartsumyan    Azadamard           Ankara  1915    murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Keğam Parseğyan       Azadamard           Ankara  1915    he was killed in Ayaş, close to Ankara
Şavarş Krisyan            Marmnamarz          Ankara  1915    murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Adom Yarcanyan          Azadamard           Ankara  1915    murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Armen Doryan            writer              Ankara  1915    murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Sarkis Parseğyan       Aşkhadank          Ankara  1915    murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Yervant Srmakeşhanlıyan   Journalist-writer       Harput  1915    murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Hovhannes Hanıtyunyan      Journalist-writer       Harput 1915     1915    murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Gagik Ozanyan           Merzifon Halguni        Sivas   1915    murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Mardiros H. Kundakçıyan   Ceride-i Şarkiye       Kayseri     1915    executed
Onnig Tertsagyan        Azadamard           Van     1915    murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Dikran Odyan    Yergir      1915                murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Karekin Khajag          writer              Diyarbakır     1915    murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Rupen Zartaryan         Azadamard           Diyarbakır     May 1915    murdered before arrival in Diyarbakır
Karakin Gozikyan        Manzume             Trabzon     1915    murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Khaçadur Malumyan      Azadamard           Diyarbakır     1915    murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Krikor Zohrab           Journalist-writer       Urfa    15 July 1915    murdered during the Armenian Genocide in May 1915
Mihran Tabakyan         writer              Yozgat  August 1915     murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Hagop Terzian           Journalist-writer       Yozgat  24 August 1915  murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Diran Kelegyan          Sabah               Çankırı  26 August 1915  murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Taniel Varujan          writer-poet             Çankırı  26 August 1915  murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Rupen Sevag             Çilingiryan            Çankırı  26 August 1915  murdered during the Armenian Genocide
Hasan Tahsin            Hukuk-u Beşer          İzmir  15 May 1919
Hüseyin Hilmi          İştirak           İstanbul   15 November 1922
Ali Kemal           Peyam-ı Sabah          İzmit      1922

Hikmet Şevket          1930
Sabahattin Ali          Marko Paşa             Edirne      2 April 1948    listed under writers
Aziz Korkmaz            Hürriyet           Silvan      19 October 1975
Adem Yavuz          Anka News Agency        Cyprus      27 August 1974
Hüseyin Şen           KAWA                Istanbul    21 March 1978
Gani Bozarslan          Aydınlık          10 May 1978     translated books from Kurdish to Turkish
Ali İhsan Özgür      Politika            Istanbul    21 November 1978
Cengiz Polatkan         Hafta Sonu          Ankara      1 December 1978
Abdi İpekçi           Milliyet            İstanbul   1 February 1979     two members of the ultra-nationalist Grey Wolves, Oral Çelik and Mehmet Ali Ağca (who later shot pope John Paul II), murdered Abdi İpekçi in his car on the way back home from his office in front of his apartment building in Istanbul.[8] Ağca was caught due to an informant and was sentenced to life in prison. After serving six months in a military prison in Istanbul, Ağca escaped with the help of military officer.

İlhan Darendelioğlu       Ortadoğu           Istanbul    19 November 1979    member of the MHP
İsmail Gerçeksöz         Ortadoğu           Istanbul    4 April 1980    has also published books
Hayrabet Honca          Halkın Birliği            Kayseri     1 May 1980  member of TKP/ML, killed by right-wingers
Ümit Kaftancıoğlu        TRT                 İstanbul   11 April 1980
Muzaffer Fevzioğlu         Hizmet              Trabzon     15 April 1980
Recai Ünal             Demokrat            Istanbul    22 July 1980    allegedly kidnapped and tortured


Mevlut Isik                     Turkiye                         Ankara       1 June 1988
Seracettin Muftuoglu            Hurriyet                        Nusaybin     28 June 1989
Sami Basaran                    Gazete                          Istanbul     7 November 1989
Kamil Basaran                   Gazete                          Istanbul     28 February 1990
Cetin Emec                      Hurriyet                        Istanbul     7 March 1990
Turan Dursun                    Yeni Yuzil/2000'e Dogru         Istanbul     4 September 1990
Gunduz Etili                    Yeni Gunaydin                   Istanbul     18 September 1991
Halit Gungen                    2000'e Dogru                    Diyarbakir   18 February 1992
Cengiz Altun                    Yeni Ulke                       Batman       24 February 1992
Izzet Kezer                     Sabah                           Cizre        23 March 1992
Bulent Ulku                     Korfeze Bakis                   Bursa        31 March 1992
Mecit Akgun                     Yeni Ulke                       Nusaybin     2 June 1992
Hafiz Akdemir                   Ozgur Gundem                    Diyarbakir   8 June 1992
Cetin Abayay                    Ozgur Halk                      Batman       29 July 1992
Yahya Orhan                     Ozgur Gundem                    Gercus       31 July 1992
Huseyin Deniz                   Ozgur Gundem                    Ceylanpinar  9 August 1992
Musa Anter                      Ozgur Gundem                    Diyarbakir   20 September 1992
M. Sait Erten                   Azadi/Deng                      Diyarbakir   3 November 1992
Yasar Aktay                     Turkiye                         Hani         9 November 1992
Hatip Kapcak                    Hurriyet                        Mazidagi     18 November 1992
Namik Taranci                   Gercek                          Diyarbakir   20 November 1992
Ugur Mumcu                      Cumhuriyet                      Ankara       24 January 1993
Kemal Kilic                     Ozgur Gundem/Yeni Ulke          Urfa         18 February 1993
M. Ihsan Karakus                Silvan Gazetesi                 Silvan       13 March 1993
Ercan Gurel                     HHA-Bergama                     Bergama      20 May 1993
Ihsan Uygur (missing)           Sabah                           Istanbul     6 July 1993
Riza Guneser                    Halkin Gucu                     Istanbul     14 July 1993
Ferhat Tepe                     Ozgur Gundem                    Bitlis       3 August 1993
Aysel Malkac (missing)          Ozgur Gundem                    Istanbul     7 August 1993
Muzaffer Akkus                  Sabah-MILHA                     Bingol       20 September 1993
Ruhi Can Tul                    Turkish Daily News              Kirikkkale   14 January 1994
Nazim Babaoglu (missing)        Ozgur Gundem                    Siverek      12 March 1994
Kamil Kosapinar                 Zaman                           Erzurum      19 March 1994
Erol Akgun                      Devrimci Cozum                  Gebze        8 September 1994
Bahri Isik                      Cagdas Marmara                  Istanbul     17 September 1994
Ersin Yildiz                    Ozgur Ulke                      Istanbul     3 December 1994
Onat Kutlar                     Cumhuriyet                      Istanbul     11 January 1995
Bekir Kutmangil                 Yeni Gunaydin                   Istanbul     23 May 1995
Nail Aydin                      Son Haber                       Giresun      28 July 1995
Seyfettin Tepe                  Yeni Politika                   Bitlis      29 August 1995
Metin Goktepe                   Evrensel                        Istanbul     8 January 1996
Yemliha Kaya                    Halkin Gucu                     Istanbul     27 July 1996
Mehmet Topaloglu                Kurtulus                        Adana       28 January 1998
A. Taner Kislali                Cumhuriyet                      Ankara      21 October 1999

Gündüz Etil           Yeni Günaydın             İstanbul   18 September 1991
Halit Güngen           2000'e Doğru           Diyarbakır     18 February 1992
Cengiz Altun            Yeni Ülke          Batman      25 February 1992 aged 24, he was killed by six bullets fired into his back as he was on his way to work.[21]
İzzet Kezer            Sabah               Cizre       23 March 1992
Bülent Ülkü          Körfeze Bakış            Bursa       1 April 1992
Mecit Akgün            2000e Doğru            Nusaybin    2 June 1992
Hafız Akdemir          Özgür Gündem             Diyarbakır     8 June 1992
Çetin Ababay           Özgür Halk            Batman      29 July 1992    he was shot in the head by three unidentified men while on his way home in Batman.
Yahya Orhan             Özgür Gündem             Gercüş        31 July 1992
Hüseyin Deniz          Özgür Gündem             Ceylanpınar    9 August 1992
Musa Anter          Özgür Gündem             Diyarbakır     20 September 1992 aged 74, Mr. Anter had written for Ozgur Gundem and Yeni Ulke, as well as for the Kurdish newspaper, Welat. He was also the chairman of the board of the Mesopotamian Cultural Center in Istanbul. Mr. Anter was reportedly lured from his hotel on false pretenses and shot in the outskirts of Diyarbakir. A relative accompanying him was shot and wounded at the same time.
Mehmet Sait Erten       Azadi-Denk          Diyarbakır     3 November 1992
Yaşar Aktay            free-lanced             Hani        9 November 1992
Hatip Kapçak           Serbest/Hürriyet       Mazıdağı     18 November 1992 the Mardin reporter for a local newspaper, Soz, and for the weekly journal, Gercek (Fact), was killed in an armed attack in the Mazidagi district of Mardin on 18 November.
Namık Tarancı             Gerçek                 Diyarbakır     20 November 1992
Kemal Kılıç          Yeni Ülke          Şanlıurfa     18 February 1993
Ercan Güre             Hürriyet News Agency       Bergama     20 May 1993
Ömer Taşar            Milli Gazete            Saraybosna  26 June 1993    killing outside Turkey by fire opened from Serbian positions.
İhsan Uygur            Sabah               İstanbul   6 July 1993

Rıza Güneşer             Halkın Gücü          İstanbul   14 July 1993    he was the owner of the left-wing journal "Halkın Gücü". The murder is believed to have been committed by the "Bedri Yağan group", a split of the Devrimci Sol

Ferhat Tepe             Özgür Gündem             Bitlis      28 July 1993
Muzaffer Akkuş             Milliyet            Bingöl         20 September 1993
Ruhi Can Tul            TDN             Kırıkkale     14 January 1994
Nazım Babaoğlu            Gündem                 Siverek     12 March 1994
Kamil Koşapınar       Zaman               Erzurum     19 March 1994
İsmail Ağay           Özgür Ülke           Batman      29 May 1994
Erol Akgün             Devrimci Çözüm           Gebze       8 September 1994
Bahri Işık            Çağdaş Marmara           İstanbul   17 September 1994
Ersin Yıldız          Özgür Ülke           İstanbul   3 December 1994
Bekir Kutmangil         Yeni Günaydın             İstanbul   23 May 1995
Nail Aydın             Son Haber           Giresun     28 July 1995
Seyfettin Tepe          Yeni Politika           Bitlis      28 August 1995

Metin Göktepe          Evrensel            İstanbul   8 January 1996
Kutlu Adalı            Yeni Düzen             Cyprus      8 July 1996
Yemliha Kaya            Halkın Gücü          İstanbul   27 July 1996
Selahattin Turgay Daloğlu                  İstanbul   9 September 1996
Reşat Aydın           AA, TRT             20 June 1997
Abdullah Doğan             Candan Fm           Konya       13 July 1997
Ünal Mesuloğlu            TRT                 Manisa      8 November 1997
Mehmet Topaloğlu       Kurtuluş           Adana       28 January 1998
Önder Babat            Devrimci Hareket        İstanbul   18 August 2004
Yaşar Parlak           Silvan Mücadele        Silvan      18 August 2004
Hrant Dink          Agos                İstanbul    19 January 2007
İsmail Cihan Hayırsevener     Güney Marmara Yaşam       Bandırma   19 December 2009
Serena Shim             Press TV            Suruc,Turkey    19 October 2014 aged 29, killed in a very suspicious car crash, days after being threatened by Turkish Intelligence.