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Abdi İpekçi

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Abdi İpekçi

Birth
Istanbul, Türkiye
Death
1 Feb 1979 (aged 49)
Istanbul, Türkiye
Burial
Istanbul, Istanbul, Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Turkish journalist. Ipekci was organizing an international conference on political extremism and the media in Turkiye when he himself fell victim to political extremism.

Cause of Death: He was gunned down as he drove home from work on Feb. 1, 1979, by "Mehmet Ali Agca", a right-wing militant who later escaped from jail and attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II
.


Turkish journalist. Ipekci was organizing an international conference on political extremism and the media in Turkiye when he himself fell victim to political extremism.

Cause of Death: He was gunned down as he drove home from work on Feb. 1, 1979, by "Mehmet Ali Agca", a right-wing militant who later escaped from jail and attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II
.



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