Word: mehmet
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Peter's Square was transformed. In a bare, white-walled cell in Rome's Rebibbia prison, John Paul tenderly held the hand that had held the gun that was meant to kill him (see cover). For 21 minutes, the Pope sat with his would-be assassin, Mehmet Ah Agca. The two talked softly. Once or twice, Agca laughed. The Pope forgave him for the shooting. At the end of the meeting, Agca either kissed the Pope's ring or pressed the Pope's hand to his forehead in a Muslim gesture of respect...
That encounter was not, however, meant to administer the Catholic sacrament of penance. Mehmet Ali Agca's education in his own faith, Islam, apparently is spotty, but he probably has a general awareness of its teaching that God will weigh each person's deeds on the Day of Judgment. A practicing Muslim invokes the Almighty's mercy during the five prescribed daily prayer sessions. But for John Paul, penance and absolution have very precise meanings. Penance is one of the Catholic Church's seven sacraments. Baptized Catholics, before receiving Communion, are required to confess contritely...
...Thatcher and Kohl defeated opponents who had made the acceptance of American missile emplacements a major issue. In the U.S., Democrats are decrying what they view as Reagan's excessively hard-line policy toward the Soviets. Even the Pope's travels were overshadowed by new, although inconclusive, evidence that Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish terrorist who shot the Pope in 1981, had been aided by the Bulgarian secret service, presumably backed by the Soviet KGB?which was at the time headed by Andropov...
...government, and subsequently Deputy Prime Minister in the military administration, he orchestrated an austerity program from 1980 to 1982 that brought inflation down to 30%, from an annual rate of 120%, while tripling the value of Turkish exports. In the future, Ozal told TIME Correspondent Roberto Suro and Reporter Mehmet Ali Kislali last week, "we have to act quickly to stimulate exports and to facilitate investment both domestically and from abroad. We also want to minimize government interference in the economy because a good free market economy will make the best use of our resources...
...Here's where the two Bulgarians let me out, and here's the store where I bought several rolls of film..." Thus for two hours last week did Mehmet Ali Agca, 25, the confessed Turkish terrorist who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II, re-enact the May 13, 1981, shooting in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The walk-through had been ordered by Judge Ilario Martella, the Italian magistrate who has been investigating the theory that the shooting was the result of a conspiracy involving Bulgarian accomplices. Wearing jeans, a blue turtleneck sweater, tennis shoes...