assassination of Abdi İpekçi

E251069

The assassination of Abdi İpekçi was the 1979 murder of prominent Turkish journalist and editor-in-chief Abdi İpekçi, a pivotal political crime that shocked Turkey and highlighted rising extremism and instability in the country.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
assassination of Abdi İpekçi canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf assassination ⓘ
murder ⓘ
political crime ⓘ
category 1979 crimes in Turkey ⓘ
Assassinations in Turkey ⓘ
Murders of journalists ⓘ
Terrorism in Turkey ⓘ
chronology occurred during period of intense political violence in Turkey (late 1970s) ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
date 1979-02-01 ⓘ
followedBy trial of Mehmet Ali Ağca ⓘ
hasEffectOn freedom of the press in Turkey ⓘ
public debate on political extremism in Turkey ⓘ
location Istanbul ⓘ
Nişantaşı ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national coverage in Turkey ⓘ
international attention to political instability in Turkey ⓘ
motive far-right extremism ⓘ
political ⓘ
numberOfVictims 1 ⓘ
perpetrator Grey Wolves ⓘ
Mehmet Ali Ağca ⓘ
perpetratorIdeology ultranationalist ⓘ
perpetratorOrganization Grey Wolves ⓘ
relatedTo Turkish far-right militancy ⓘ
political violence in Turkey in the 1970s ⓘ
result increased attention to political violence in Turkey ⓘ
public outrage in Turkey ⓘ
significance highlighted political instability in Turkey ⓘ
highlighted rising extremism in Turkey ⓘ
pivotal political crime in Turkey ⓘ
targetedProfession editor-in-chief ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
victim Abdi İpekçi ⓘ
victimNationality Turkish ⓘ
victimRoleAtTimeOfEvent editor-in-chief of Milliyet ⓘ
weaponUsed firearm ⓘ
year 1979 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mehmet Ali Ağca → perpetratorOf → assassination of Abdi İpekçi ⓘ