Mehmet Ali Ağca
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Mehmet Ali Ağca is a Turkish gunman and former member of the far-right Grey Wolves organization, best known for shooting and critically wounding Pope John Paul II in 1981.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Turkish national
ⓘ
assassin ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
early 1980s
ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ |
| convictedOf | assassination of Abdi İpekçi ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Turkey ⓘ |
| countryOfImprisonment |
Italy
ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ |
| criminalCharge |
attempted murder
ⓘ
murder ⓘ |
| dateOfAssassinationAttemptOnPopeJohnPaulII | 1981-05-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1958-01-09 ⓘ |
| detainedBy |
Italian authorities
ⓘ
Turkish authorities ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Turks ⓘ |
| event | extradition to Turkey ⓘ |
| extraditedTo | Turkey ⓘ |
| familyName | Ağca ⓘ |
| givenName |
Mehmet
ⓘ
surface form:
Mehmet Ali
|
| ideology | far-right politics ⓘ |
| knownFor | shooting and critically wounding Pope John Paul II in 1981 ⓘ |
| memberOf | Grey Wolves ⓘ |
| name | Mehmet Ali Ağca self-link ⓘ |
| notableEvent | shooting of Pope John Paul II ⓘ |
| notableFor | assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II ⓘ |
| occupation |
gunman
ⓘ
political assassin ⓘ |
| papalVisit | visited by Pope John Paul II in prison ⓘ |
| papalVisitYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| pardonReceivedFrom | Italy ⓘ |
| perpetratorOf |
shooting of Pope John Paul II
ⓘ
surface form:
assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II
assassination of Abdi İpekçi ⓘ |
| placeOfAssassinationAttemptOnPopeJohnPaulII |
St. Peter's Square
ⓘ
Vatican City ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Hekimhan
ⓘ
Malatya Province ⓘ Turkey ⓘ |
| politicalContext | Cold War era terrorism in Europe and Turkey ⓘ |
| releaseFromItalianPrison | 2000 ⓘ |
| releaseFromTurkishPrison | 2010 ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| sentence | life imprisonment in Italy ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| status | living ⓘ |
| subjectOf | international controversy over alleged foreign involvement in the papal assassination attempt ⓘ |
| victimOfCrime | none known ⓘ |
| weaponUsed | handgun ⓘ |
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