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Murder of Özgecan Aslan

1995 - 2015

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Özgecan Aslan (22 October 1995 – 11 February 2015) was a Turkish university student who was murdered while resisting attempted rape on 11 February 2015 on a minibus in Mersin, Turkey. Her burnt body was discovered on 13 February. The murder was committed by minibus driver Ahmet Suphi Altındöken, and his father Necmettin Altındöken and friend Fatih Gökçe were accomplices in covering up the murder. All perpetrators were handed aggravated life sentences without the possibility of parole. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Murder of Özgecan Aslan is the 814th most popular social activist (down from 799th in 2019), the 1,484th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,486th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Turkish Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Murder of Özgecan Aslan ranks 814 out of 840. Before her are Amina Tyler, Elizabeth Smart, Ayakha Melithafa, Xu Mengtao, Helena Gualinga, and Aziza Siddiqui. After her are Saadet Özkan, Ilwad Elman, Amanda Gorman, Patrisse Cullors, Execution of Navid Afkari, and Adenike Oladosu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1995, Murder of Özgecan Aslan ranks 587. Before her are Jeremy Dudziak, Christian Wood, Anna Iriyama, Vyacheslav Karavayev, Umut Meraş, and Gaël Ondoua. After her are Andrzej Stękała, Baptiste Santamaria, Giorgi Aburjania, Rémi Cavagna, Madeline Groves, and Juan Pablo Vargas. Among people deceased in 2015, Murder of Özgecan Aslan ranks 588. Before her are Alfredo Pacheco, Kayla Mueller, Hema Upadhyay, Maria Kryuchkova, Arnold Peralta, and Windell Middlebrooks. After her are Aadesh Shrivastava, Clementa C. Pinckney, and Ali Raymi.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Murder of Özgecan Aslan ranks 1,484 out of 1,347. Before her are Rıdvan Yılmaz (2001), James Gist (1986), Onur Kıvrak (1988), Simge Şebnem Aköz (1991), Aydın Yılmaz (1988), and Umut Meraş (1995). After her are Saadet Özkan (1978), Nevin Yanıt (1986), Furkan Aldemir (1991), CZN Burak (1994), Meryem Boz (1988), and Helin Bölek (1991).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Türkiye

Among social activists born in Türkiye, Murder of Özgecan Aslan ranks 10. Before her are İbrahim Kaypakkaya (1949), Sakine Cansız (1958), Aslı Erdoğan (1967), Eren Keskin (1959), Cenk Uygur (1970), and Hande Kader (1993). After her are Saadet Özkan (1978).

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