Kemal Kilic

Ozgur Gundem

February 25, 1993, in Kulunce Village, Turkey

Kilic, Urfa correspondent for the newspaper Ozgur Gundem, was shot and killed by unknown assailants in Kulunce Village, near the city of Urfa. Police had questioned him about a news release he had published on the difficulties distributors had faced in selling the newspaper in Sanli Urfa Province.

Medium: Print

Job: Print Reporter

Beats Covered: Human Rights

Gender: Male

Local or Foreign: Local

Freelance: No

Type of Death: Murder

Suspected Source of Fire: Government Officials

Impunity: Yes

Taken Captive: No

Tortured: No

Threatened: No