Mehmet Ali Ağca (; born January 9, 1958) is a Turkish assassin who murdered left-wing journalist Abdi İpekçi on February 1, 1979 and later shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1981, after escaping from a Turkish prison. After serving 19 years of imprisonment in Italy, he was deported to Turkey, where he served a ten-year sentence. He was released on January 18, 2010. Ağca has described himself as a mercenary with no political orientation, although he is known to have been a member of the Turkish ultra-nationalist Grey Wolves organization.
Read more about Mehmet Ali Ağca: Early Life, Grey Wolves Involvement, Assassination Attempt On The Pope, Prison Time, Release, and Rearrest, Later Developments and Release, Claims of Vatican Involvement in The Assassination Attempt, Cultural References
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