Mehmet Ali Ağca

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Turkish national assassin human

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 Ali →
ideology	far-right politics →
knownFor	shooting and critically wounding Pope John Paul II in 1981 →
memberOf	Grey Wolves →
name	Mehmet Ali Ağca →
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	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 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pope John Paul II →	assassinationAttemptPerpetrator
Mehmet Ali Ağca →	name