Bugün öğrendim ki: Papa II. John Paul'a suikast girişiminde bulunan ve daha sonra Katolik olan Mehmet Ali Ağca'nın, yakın zamanda aziz ilan edilen II. John Paul'un mezarına beyaz güller bırakmak için Vatikan'a geldiği ve Papa Francis ile görüşmek istediğini söylediği, reddedildi.
Turkish assassin and Gray Wolves member (born 1958) **Mehmet Ali Ağca** (Turkish pronunciation: [[mehˈmet aˈli ˈaːdʒa]](/wiki/Help:IPA/Turkish "Help:IPA/Turkish"); born 9 January 1958 ) is a Turkish[1][2] [assassin](/wiki/Assassination "Assassination") who murdered left-wing journalist [Abdi İpekçi](/wiki/Abdi_İpekçi "Abdi İpekçi") on 1 February 1979, and later [ shot and wounded Pope John Paul II](/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II_assassination_attempt "Pope John Paul II assassination attempt") on 13 May 1981, after escaping from a Turkish prison. After serving 19 years of imprisonment in Italy where he was visited by the Pope, he was deported to Turkey, where he served a ten-year sentence. In 2007, he converted to Roman Catholicism[3] and was released from prison on 18 January 2010.[4] Ağca has described himself as a [mercenary](/wiki/Mercenary "Mercenary") with no political orientation, although he is known to have been a member of the Turkish ultra-nationalist [Grey Wolves organization](/wiki/Grey_Wolves_organization "Grey Wolves organization")[5] and the state-sponsored [Counter-Guerrilla](/wiki/Counter-Guerrilla "Counter-Guerrilla").[6] On 27 December 2014, 33 years after his crime, Ağca publicly arrived at the Vatican to lay white roses on the recently canonized John Paul II's tomb and said he wanted to meet [Pope Francis](/wiki/Pope_Francis "Pope Francis"), a request that was denied.[7][8]