Abdullah Çatlı
Abdullah Çatlı | |
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| Born | 1 June 1956 Nevşehir, Turkey |
| Died | 3 November 1996 (aged 40) Susurluk, Turkey |
| Resting place | Nevşehir Kaldırım Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | MİT agent, espionage |
| Spouse | Meral Aydoğan (1974–1996) |
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. He was a hitman for the state, and was involved in the killings of suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA).