Ozgur Gundem
August 7, 1993, in Istanbul, Turkey
Malkac, a 23-year-old correspondent for Ozgur Gundem, disappeared after leaving the newspaper's main office in Istanbul. Staff members suspect that the police took her because there was a heavy police presence around the building. Officials denied holding her. A person who was in custody at the Istanbul police headquarters between August 5 and 17 wrote a letter to Ozgur Gundem claiming he saw Malkac at the headquarters on the nights of August 8 and 9. After seven months with no news about her, Malkac's colleagues and friends presumed her dead.Medium: Print
Job: Print Reporter
Beats Covered: Culture, Human Rights, Politics
Gender: Female
Local or Foreign: Local
Freelance: No
Type of Death: Murder
Suspected Source of Fire: Government Officials
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: Yes
Tortured: No
Threatened: No
