Back اغتيال أندريه كارلوف Arabic Andrey Karlov sui-qəsdi Azerbaijani آندری کارلوف سوءقصدی AZB Убийство на Андрей Карлов Bulgarian Assassinat d'Andrei Kàrlov Catalan Attentatet på Andrej Karlov Danish Attentat auf Andrei Gennadjewitsch Karlow German Δολοφονία του Αντρέι Κάρλοφ Greek Asesinato de Andréi Kárlov Spanish Andrei Karlovi atentaat Estonian
| Assassination of Andrei Karlov | |
|---|---|
| Part of Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War | |
  Ankara Ankara (Turkey) | |
| Location | Çağdaş Sanatlar Merkezi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 39°54′31″N 32°51′27″E / 39.9086°N 32.8576°E |
| Date | 19 December 2016 20:15 |
| Target | Andrei Karlov |
Attack type | |
| Weapons | Canik 55 TP9 Compact 9mm pistol[1] |
| Deaths | 2 (Karlov and the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 3 |
| Perpetrator | Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş |
| Motive | Discontent at Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War |
| Accused | Gülen movement (according to Turkish officials)[2][3] |
Andrei Karlov, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated by Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, an off-duty Turkish police officer,[4] at an art exhibition in Ankara, Turkey on the evening of 19 December 2016. The assassination took place after several days of protests in Turkey over Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War and the battle over Aleppo.[5][6][7]
| External videos | |
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 "Washington Post: Russian ambassador to Turkey assassinated in Ankara by off-duty police officer". The Washington Post. |
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- ^ "Prosecutors seek life sentence for defendants in Russian ambassador's killing – Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Ambassador shooting: Russia pushes back on Turkey's Gulenist claim". CNN. 21 December 2016.
- ^ Oliphant, Roland; Pitel, Laura (21 December 2016). "Russian ambassador's assassin 'guarded Recep Tayyip Erdogan'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov shot dead in Ankara". BBC News. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ Walker, Shaun; Shaheen, Kareem; Chulov, Martin (19 December 2016). "Russian ambassador to Turkey killed in Ankara shooting". The Guardian.
- ^ Bektas, Umit; Coskun, Orhan; Gumrukcu, Tuvan (19 December 2016). "Russian ambassador shot dead in Ankara gallery". Reuters.