Mehmet Ali Ağca

Also known as Mehmet Ali Agca

Turkish contract killer (born 1958)

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Mehmet Ali Ağca is a Turkish gunman born in 1958 who became internationally known for attempting to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981. His case drew global attention due to the high-profile nature of the target and subsequent investigations into potential conspiracies behind the attack.

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Mehmet Ali Ağca ( Turkish: [mehˈmet aˈli ˈaːdʒa]; born 9 January 1958) is a Turkish former hitman for Grey Wolves. On 1 February 1979, he murdered journalist Abdi İpekçi, known for his leftist views, and was imprisoned, but escaped. He travelled illegally to Vatican City on 13 May 1981, and attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II on the same day. However, the assassination attempt failed, and he was captured and imprisoned by the Italian police.

After being imprisoned for 19 years in Italy where he was visited by the Pope, he was deported to Turkey, where he served a ten-year sentence. Ağca was released from prison on 18 January 2010. He described himself as a mercenary with no political orientation, although he is known to have been a member of the Turkist far-right organisation Grey Wolves, as well as the state-sponsored Counter-Guerrilla.