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| − | | | + | |birth_date=1 June 1956 |
|birth_place=Erzincan, Turkey | |birth_place=Erzincan, Turkey | ||
|death_date= 3 November 1996 | |death_date= 3 November 1996 | ||
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==Activities== | ==Activities== | ||
| − | Çatlı was responsible, along with [[Haluk Kırcı]] and several other MHP members, for the 9 October 1978 [[Bahçelievler Massacre]] in which seven university students, members of the [[Workers Party of Turkey]] (TIP), were murdered.<ref name="NYT1996"> | + | Çatlı was responsible, along with [[Haluk Kırcı]] and several other MHP members, for the 9 October 1978 [[Bahçelievler Massacre]] in which seven university students, members of the [[Workers Party of Turkey]] (TIP), were murdered.<ref name="NYT1996">[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E7DC113FF933A25751C1A960958260&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink ]</ref><ref name=Reis>[http://www.timdrayton.com/sy.html#7 Yalçın, Soner; Yurdakul, Doğan (1997). "The Bahcelievler Massacre". Reis: Gladio’nun Türk Tetikçisi (in Turkish). Su Yayinlari.]</ref> |
| − | He is also said to have helped [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]] murder the left-wing newspaper editor [[Abdi İpekçi]] on 1 January 1979, in [[Istanbul]],<ref name=Komisar> | + | He is also said to have helped [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]] murder the left-wing newspaper editor [[Abdi İpekçi]] on 1 January 1979, in [[Istanbul]],<ref name=Komisar>https://web.archive.org/web/20070711184329/http://www.monitor.net/monitor/9703b/turkeycia-sidebar.html</ref> and helped Ağca escape from an Istanbul military prison, in 1979.<ref name="NYT1996"/> |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:25, 6 August 2021
 Abdullah Çatlı    (Spook, Assassin) | |
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| Born | 1 June 1956 Erzincan, Turkey |
| Died | 3 November 1996 (Age 40) Susurluk, Balıkesir, Turkey |
| Victim of | Susurluk car crash |
A contract killer and figure in the Turkish underworld, who was killed in the 1996 Susurluk car crash. | |
Abdullah Çatlı was a Grey Wolves assassin who was killed in the 1996 Susurluk car crash. The discovery by local police of his body, together with an array of diplomatic passports was a huge step towards the exposure of the Turkish Deep State.[1]
Activities
Çatlı was responsible, along with Haluk Kırcı and several other MHP members, for the 9 October 1978 Bahçelievler Massacre in which seven university students, members of the Workers Party of Turkey (TIP), were murdered.[2][3]
He is also said to have helped Mehmet Ali Ağca murder the left-wing newspaper editor Abdi İpekçi on 1 January 1979, in Istanbul,[4] and helped Ağca escape from an Istanbul military prison, in 1979.[2]
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