Editing Mehmet Ali Ağca (section)

== Grey Wolves involvement ==
After training, Ağca went to work for the ultranationalist Turkish organization [[Grey Wolves (organization)|Grey Wolves]]. On 1 February 1979, in Istanbul, under orders from the Grey Wolves, he murdered [[Abdi İpekçi]], editor of the major Turkish newspaper ''[[Milliyet]]''. After being denounced by an informant, he was caught and sentenced to life in prison. After serving six months, he escaped with the help of [[Abdullah Çatlı]], second-in-command of the Grey Wolves, and fled to Bulgaria, which was a base of operations for the Turkish mafia. According to investigative journalist [[Lucy Komisar]], Ağca had worked on İpekçi's assassination with Çatlı, who then reportedly helped organize Ağca's escape from an Istanbul military prison. According to Komisar, some have suggested Çatlı was even involved in the Pope's assassination attempt. According to [[Reuters]], Ağca had escaped with suspected help from sympathizers in the security services.<ref name="reuters060120">{{cite news|first=Hidir|last=Goktas|title=Man who shot pope must return to jail: Turkish court|date=20 January 2006|work=Reuters|url=http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-01-20T175931Z_01_L20474065_RTRUKOC_0_US-TURKEY-POPE-AGCA.xml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060710034338/http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews|archive-date=10 July 2006|access-date=20 January 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> Komisar added that at the scene of the Mercedes-Benz crash where Çatlı died, he was found with a passport under the name of "Mehmet Özbay"&nbsp;— an alias also used by Ağca.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Assassins of a Pope |author-link=Lucy Komisar |first=Lucy |last=Komisar |work=Albion Monitor |date=4 June 1997 |url=http://www.monitor.net/monitor/9703b/turkeycia-sidebar.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711184329/http://www.monitor.net/monitor/9703b/turkeycia-sidebar.html |archive-date=11 July 2007 }}</ref>