um:ag | Uğur Mumcu Investigative Journalism Foundation

um:ag was established with the purpose of providing press with the young journalists who will continue brave journalist-writer Uğur Mumcu’s understanding of journalism, who was assassinated on January 24, 1993. In addition to that purpose, um:ag also serves as a culture and art centre where people who reject mediocrity in literature, philosophy, cinema, painting and visual arts could come together.

um:ag Publications compile all works and articles of Uğur Mumcu in books and present them to the readers in order to evaluate the past and understand today. With new publications every year, um:ag introduces its research series, special series and new studies to its readers.

um:ag Academy has been conducting its training activities since 2011 in İstanbul Kadir Has University Lifelong Learning Centre. Since 2017, together with Gümüşlük Academy Foundation, um:ag has also started summer workshops in Bodrum.

um:ag is a distinguished culture and art centre where people freely come together, share and create through its Investigative Journalism Education, as well as seminars held in new areas each year such as, writing-philosophy-cinema workshop seminars and history of political thought seminars.

um:ag Talks are events which bring writers, journalists and artists together with people from Ankara.

um:ag Art Gallery aims at bringing artists, new galleries and people from Ankara together by organizing exhibitions every year.her yıl açılan sergileriyle, sanatçıları ve yeni galerileri Ankaralılarla buluşturmayı amaçlamaktadır.

um:ag raises awareness that, in our country where we witness murders remaining “unidentified”, justice and democracy can only be established by the increased number of citizens who fight against impositions, pressures, intolerance, torture and injustice by organizing “Justice and Democracy Week” every year between 24 and 31 January week. Um:ag carries out “Justice and Democracy Week” as an umbrella organization with the participation of several NGO’s.

um:ag continues to survive by virtue of your participation to our seminars and other activities, as well as the books you will buy with your donations.