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Mehmet Ali Ağca

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Mehmet Ali Ağca (Turkish: [mehˈmet ɑˈli ˈɑːdʒɑ]; born 9 January 1958) is a Turkish hitman and former member of the Grey Wolves. He murdered Abdi İpekçi, a journalist, on 1 February 1979 and was imprisoned. He escaped from prison and travelled illegally to Vatican City on 13 May 1981 to assassinate Pope John Paul II. However, after the failed assassination attempt, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mehmet Ali Ağca is the 23rd most popular extremist (up from 42nd in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 356th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Turkish Extremist.

Mehmet Ali Ağca is most famous for shooting Pope John Paul II in 1981.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Mehmet Ali Ağca ranks 23 out of 283. Before him are Golden State Killer, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Jeffrey Dahmer, Ramón Mercader, Patrizia Reggiani, and Andrei Chikatilo. After him are Ted Kaczynski, John Wayne Gacy, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Ed Gein, Albert Fish, and Carlos the Jackal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Mehmet Ali Ağca ranks 13. Before him are Kate Bush, Sharon Stone, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Tim Burton, Albert II, Prince of Monaco, and Gary Oldman. After him are Prince, Viggo Mortensen, Michelle Pfeiffer, Lyudmila Putina, Marie Fredriksson, and Ice-T.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Mehmet Ali Ağca ranks 216 out of 1,347. Before him are Hecuba (null), Romanos II (938), Anthemius (420), Michael I Rangabe (770), Simeon Stylites (389), and Pope John VI (655). After him are Theodore I Laskaris (1174), Dorothea of Caesarea (279), Michael II (770), Dragut (1485), Henri Fayol (1841), and Alexios V Doukas (1140).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Türkiye

Among extremists born in Türkiye, Mehmet Ali Ağca ranks 3. Before him are Abdullah Öcalan (1949), and Herostratus (-301). After him are Abdullah Çatlı (1956).

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