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Abdullah Çatlı

1956 - 1996

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Abdullah Çatlı (1 June 1956 – 3 November 1996) was a Turkish secret government agent, as well as a contract killer for the National Intelligence Organization (MİT). He led the Grey Wolves, the youth branch of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), during the 1970s. His death in the Susurluk car crash, while travelling in a car with state officials, revealed the depth of the state's complicity in organized crime in what became known as the Susurluk scandal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdullah Çatlı has received more than 422,026 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Abdullah Çatlı is the 205th most popular extremist, the 882nd most popular biography from Türkiye and the 4th most popular Turkish Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Abdullah Çatlı ranks 205 out of 283Before him are Charles Starkweather, Stand Watie, Ronald DeFeo Jr., Frank James, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, and Irmgard Möller. After him are Herbert Mullin, Axeman of New Orleans, John Bodkin Adams, Ernst Zündel, Christopher Scarver, and William Bonin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Abdullah Çatlı ranks 224Before him are Jack Sherman, Dominique Blanc, Hans Enoksen, Matthew Garber, Vinnie Colaiuta, and Tengiz Sulakvelidze. After him are Hanka Paldum, Bodo Ramelow, Vladimir Kulich, Mayawati, Yiannis Kouros, and Thomas Remengesau Jr.. Among people deceased in 1996, Abdullah Çatlı ranks 186Before him are Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Andrey Lukanov, Jamie Uys, Alger Hiss, Joseph Asajiro Satowaki, and José Sasía. After him are Lydia Chukovskaya, Camilla Horn, Johan Kraag, Julio César Méndez Montenegro, Ferdinand Leitner, and Harry Andersson.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Abdullah Çatlı ranks 882 out of 1,347Before him are Krikor Zohrab (1861), Alexander of Abonoteichus (105), Neslihan Atagül (1992), Cemal Süreya (1931), Musa Anter (1920), and Agha Petros (1880). After him are Yaşar Doğu (1913), İbrahim Kaypakkaya (1949), Serapion of Antioch (200), Gazi Yaşargil (1925), Bülent Ulusu (1923), and Demet Özdemir (1992).

Among EXTREMISTS In Türkiye

Among extremists born in Türkiye, Abdullah Çatlı ranks 4Before him are Herostratus (-301), Abdullah Öcalan (1949), and Mehmet Ali Ağca (1958).