Abdi Ipekci
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Ipekci Abdi Ipekci
In 1999, Mr. Agca received a Vatican-approved pardon, and in 2000, he was extradited to Turkey, where he had been convicted in absentia for the 1979 killing of a respected journalist, Abdi Ipekci. Mr. Ipekci wrote columns attacking far-right groups and suggesting that drug traffickers were working with high-ranking security officers before he was killed. Baskin Oran, a political science professor said that Mr. Agca was helped in escaping a fortresslike military prison and now made his release possible. In 1999, Mr. Agca was extradited to Turkey, where he had been convicted in absentia for the 1979 killing of a respected journalist, Abdi Ipekci. Before his death, Mr. Ipekci wrote columns attacking far-right groups and suggesting that drug traffickers were working with high-ranking security officers. Baskin Oran, a political science professor at Ankara University, said that they had helped Mr. Agca escape from a fortress like military prison, then he was jailed for murdering Ipekci and now made his release possible.