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Murder of Özgecan Aslan

1995 - 2015

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Özgecan Aslan (22 October 1995 – 11 February 2015) was a Turkish university student who was murdered while resisting attempted rape on 11 February 2015 on a minibus in Mersin, Turkey. Her burnt body was discovered on 13 February. The murder was committed by minibus driver Ahmet Suphi Altındöken, and his father Necmettin Altındöken and friend Fatih Gökçe were accomplices in covering up the murder. All perpetrators were handed aggravated life sentences without the possibility of parole. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Murder of Özgecan Aslan is the 881st most popular social activist (down from 803rd in 2024), the 1,564th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 1,486th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Turkish Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Murder of Özgecan Aslan ranks 881 out of 840. Before her are Ziauddin Yousafzai, Olga Kovalkova, Rabia Kazan, Ethan Zuckerman, Helena Gualinga, and Aziza Siddiqui. After her are Saadet Özkan, Abia Akram, Manohla Dargis, Ilwad Elman, Amanda Gorman, and Brad Will.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1995, Murder of Özgecan Aslan ranks 648. Before her are Jeremy Dudziak, Christian Wood, Anna Iriyama, Vyacheslav Karavayev, Umut Meraş, and Gaël Ondoua. After her are Andrzej Stękała, Baptiste Santamaria, Giorgi Aburjania, Rémi Cavagna, Madeline Groves, and Choi Ri. Among people deceased in 2015, Murder of Özgecan Aslan ranks 604. Before her are Yakub Memon, Maria Kryuchkova, Arnold Peralta, O'Neil Bell, Milen Dobrev, and Windell Middlebrooks. After her are Aadesh Shrivastava, Clementa C. Pinckney, Ben Woolf, Ali Raymi, Jackson Vroman, and Adam Yahiye Gadahn.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Murder of Özgecan Aslan ranks 1,564 out of 1,347. Before her are Simge Şebnem Aköz (1991), Rabia Kazan (1976), Aydın Yılmaz (1988), Semih Kılıçsoy (2005), Şahika Ercümen (1985), and Umut Meraş (1995). After her are Saadet Özkan (1978), Nevin Yanıt (1986), Furkan Aldemir (1991), Cenk Akyol (1987), CZN Burak (1994), and Meryem Boz (1988).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Türkiye

Among social activists born in Türkiye, Murder of Özgecan Aslan ranks 12. Before her are Aslı Erdoğan (1967), Eren Keskin (1959), Burhan Sönmez (1965), Cenk Uygur (1970), Hande Kader (1993), and Rabia Kazan (1976). After her are Saadet Özkan (1978).

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