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Mehmet Ali Ağca (born 9 January 1958) is a Turkish former hitman for Grey Wolves.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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9 January 1958exact date
Hekimhanattested“Mehmet Ali Ağca was born on 9 January 1958 in Hekimhan in a poor Turkish peasant family.”source: Wikipedia: Mehmet Ali Ağca
November 1979month
Turkeyattested“In 1979, The New York Times reported that Ağca, whom it called "the self-confessed killer of an Istanbul newspaperman", had described the Pope as "the masked leader of the Crusades" and threatened to shoot him if he did not cancel his pl…”source: Wikipedia: Mehmet Ali Ağca
November 2025month
Iznikattested“In November 2025, Ağca visited Iznik in an attempt to meet with Pope Leo XIV ahead of the latter's visit but was removed by authorities.”source: Wikipedia: Mehmet Ali Ağca
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1 February 1979exact date
Istanbulmentioned“On 1 February 1979, in Istanbul, under orders from the Grey Wolves, he murdered Abdi İpekçi, editor of the major Turkish newspaper Milliyet.”source: Wikipedia: Mehmet Ali Ağca
25 November 1979exact date
Bulgariamentioned“On 25 November 1979, after serving five months, he escaped with the help of Abdullah Çatlı, second-in-command of the Grey Wolves, and fled to Bulgaria, which was a base of operations for the Turkish mafia.”source: Wikipedia: Mehmet Ali Ağca
28 November 1979exact date
Meccamentioned“The paper also said (on 28 November 1979) that the killing would be in revenge for the then still ongoing attack on the Grand Mosque in Mecca, which had begun on 20 November, and which he blamed on the United States or Israel.”source: Wikipedia: Mehmet Ali Ağca
23 July 1981exact date
Italymentioned“Ağca was sentenced on 23 July 1981 to life imprisonment in Italy for the assassination attempt.”source: Wikipedia: Mehmet Ali Ağca
1983year
Romementioned“Ağca's release was requested in the summer of 1983 by the alleged kidnappers of Emanuela Orlandi, the young daughter of a Vatican employee, who mysteriously disappeared in Rome in June of that year.”source: Wikipedia: Mehmet Ali Ağca
27 December 1983exact date
Italymentioned“When Pope John Paul II visited him in prison in Italy, on 27 December 1983 (two and a half years after the assassination attempt), Ağca recalls in his memoirs he kissed the hand of the Pope, having kissed three years earlier the hand of…”source: Wikipedia: Mehmet Ali Ağca
27 December 1983exact date
Iranmentioned“When Pope John Paul II visited him in prison in Italy, on 27 December 1983 (two and a half years after the assassination attempt), Ağca recalls in his memoirs he kissed the hand of the Pope, having kissed three years earlier the hand of…”source: Wikipedia: Mehmet Ali Ağca
June 2000month
Turkeymentioned“After serving almost 20 years of a life sentence in prison in Italy, at the request of Pope John Paul II, Ağca was pardoned by the then Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi in June 2000 and deported to Turkey.”source: Wikipedia: Mehmet Ali Ağca
June 2000month
Italymentioned“After serving almost 20 years of a life sentence in prison in Italy, at the request of Pope John Paul II, Ağca was pardoned by the then Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi in June 2000 and deported to Turkey.”source: Wikipedia: Mehmet Ali Ağca
20 January 2006exact date
Italymentioned“However, on 20 January 2006, the Turkish Supreme Court ruled that his time served in Italy could not be deducted from his Turkish sentence and he was again imprisoned.”source: Wikipedia: Mehmet Ali Ağca
2 May 2008exact date
People's Republic of Polandmentioned“On 2 May 2008, Ağca asked to be awarded Polish citizenship as he wished to spend the final years of his life in Poland, Pope John Paul II's country of birth.”source: Wikipedia: Mehmet Ali Ağca
2016year
Fátima, Portugalmentioned“He desired to become a Catholic priest in 2016 and go to Fátima, Portugal to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Marian apparitions there (Our Lady of Fátima).”source: Wikipedia: Mehmet Ali Ağca
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