Name Nurullah Agansoy | ||
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Born 1960(age 36), İstanbul, Türkiye Assassinated 28 August 1996(aged 36), Bebek Nationality Turkish Role Criminal Parents Ayşe Ağansoy, Yaşar Ağansoy Spouse Hülya Ağansoy (m. ?–1996) Similar Yavuz Ataç, Erol Evcil, Behçet Cantürk | ||
Nurullah Tevfik Ağansoy Ekip Otosuyla Ayrılış
Nurullah Tevfik Ağansoy (1960, Topcular, Istanbul – August 28, 1996, Bebek, Istanbul) was a Turkish mob boss and former Grey Wolves member who was involved in the Susurluk scandal. After the 1980 coup, he was arrested and sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in shootings, bombings, and a murder. In 1986, he was charged with a further five murders and began cooperating with Turkish intelligence, being released in 1989. He was assassinated on the orders of his former business partner Alaattin Çakıcı.
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Background
His parents were Yaşar and Ayşe.
Ağansoy was a member of the Çağlayan, Kağıthane branch of the Nationalist Movement Party in the 1970s, and knew Alaattin Çakıcı as a leader of a neighbouring branch.
Imprisonment
Prior to 1980 Turkish coup d'etat, he was arrested by the Military Court No. 1 on May 20, 1979 on allegations of his involvement in killing and wounding persons and various bombings in Şişli and Gültepe in İstanbul. However, the court decided to release him pending trial, and he was acquitted subsequently.
He was arrested on July 10, 1981 as one of the persons involved in the killing of Zafer Ereske in 1980. He was convicted on January 29, 1981 for planting bombs and carrying a gun without license.
During the period he served in Metris Prison in Istanbul, he handed in a petition on April 24, 1988, requesting to benefit from the Repentance Law.
Release
He was released in 1989, and began working together with Çakıcı. He fell out with Çakıcı over the shooting of Engin Civan, as his name became associated with the shooting (Civangate) and he had to flee abroad. He was captured in Germany with the assistance of Interpol. At his trial Uğur Kılıç, Çakıcı's wife and the daughter of Dündar Kılıç, was due to testify, but Çakıcı had her murdered first. Ağansoy declared he would get revenge for this murder, whereupon Çakıcı announced that Ağansoy would be dead within two months. An attempt to assassinate Ağansoy at the 3 April 1996 court hearing at which he was released was narrowly foiled.
Assassination
On August 28, 1996, in the Bebek neighborhood of Istanbul, while seated in a café alongside Celal Babür and Ferda Temel, the police officers assigned to the security detail of Prime Minister Tansu Çiller, he fell victim to an assassination executed by gunmen arriving by vehicle. The attack, orchestrated by individuals employed by Alaattin Çakıcı, resulted in the deaths of Ağansoy and Babür. The cafe's owner, Gulcin Balaban, was also killed; cafe customers, including some notable figures such as Sibel Can and Cem Özer, were able to escape, although some were injured. The shootout lasted for 20 minutes and despite taking place just 200 metres from the local police station, no police intervened until the end of the shootout, and the attackers were not pursued.
He was buried in Zincirlikuyu Cemetery, with his wife Hülya avowing revenge.