Editing Mehmet Ali Ağca (section)

==Later developments and release==
On 2 May 2008, Ağca asked to be awarded Polish citizenship as he wished to spend the final years of his life in Poland, Pope John Paul II's country of birth.<ref>{{cite news | title = Turk who shot Pope John Paul II seeks Polish citizenship | author = Fraser, Suzan | date = 2 May 2008 | work = USA Today | agency = [[Associated Press]] | url = https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-02-4072011119_x.htm | access-date = 10 October 2008 | archive-date = 4 December 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081204093112/http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-02-4072011119_x.htm | url-status = live }}</ref> Ağca stated that upon his release he wanted to visit Pope John Paul II's tomb and partner with [[Dan Brown]] on writing a book.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gunman Mehmet Ali Agca who shot Pope John Paul II seeks £3m in book deals |author=John Follain |agency=[[Times Online]] |date=10 October 2008 |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6982379.ece |access-date=18 October 2008 |location=London |work=The Times |archive-date=4 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604160310/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6982379.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Ağca was released from jail on 18 January 2010. He was transferred to a military hospital in order to assess if, at 52, he was still fit for [[compulsory military service]]. The military found him unfit for military service for having "[[antisocial personality disorder]]". In a statement, he announced: "I will meet you in the next three days. In the name of God Almighty, I proclaim the end of the world in this century. All the world will be destroyed, every human being will die. I am not God, I am not son of God, I am Christ eternal."<ref>{{cite book |last=Allen |first=John L. |date=2016 |orig-year=2013 |title=The Global War on Christians: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Anti-Christian Persecution |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UbjZCwAAQBAJ&q=In+the+name+of+God+Almighty%2C+I+proclaim+the+end+of+the+world+in+this+century.+All+the+world+will+be+destroyed%2C+every+human+being+will+die.+I+am+not+God%2C+I+am+not+son+of+God%2C+I+am+Christ+eternal.&pg=PA211 |location=New York, NY |publisher=Random House LLC |page=211 |isbn=9780770437374}}</ref>

Ağca visited the tomb of John Paul II on 27 December 2014.<ref name="voanews"/><ref name="bbc"/> He desired to become a Catholic priest in 2016 and go to [[Fátima, Portugal]] to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the [[Miracle of the Sun|Marian apparitions there]] ([[Our Lady of Fátima]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cathnews.com/archives/cath-news-archive/25953-john-paul-ii-s-assailant-wants-to-be-a-priest|title=CathNews - John Paul II's assailant wants to be a priest|access-date=23 August 2016|archive-date=7 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107224055/https://cathnews.com/archives/cath-news-archive/25953-john-paul-ii-s-assailant-wants-to-be-a-priest|url-status=dead}}</ref>