Abdullah Çatlı
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| Abdullah Çatlı link (Spook, Assassin) | |
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| File:Abdullah Çatlı.jpg | |
| Born | 1 June 1956 Erzincan, Turkey |
| Died | 3 November 1996 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]