Ahmet Benler was the son of

Özdemir Benler Özdemir is a Turkish language, Turkish given name for males meaning "pure iron." It may refer to: Given name * Özdemir Asaf (1923–1981), Turkish poet and writer * Özdemir Bayraktar (1949–2021), Turkish entrepreneur and engineer * Özdemir Er ...

, the Turkish ambassador to the

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. He was assassinated on October 12, 1979, in

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. The responsibility for his assassination was claimed separately by

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and JCAG. Twenty-seven-year-old Ahmet Benler, the only son of the Turkish ambassador to the Netherlands, was a post-graduate student at

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. According to the police, on the way to the university, he stopped his

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for a traffic light when a gunman, who had been standing at a trolley stop, walked up and fired between four and six shots through the vehicle's closed window. Benler died on the spot.

Capture and trial of the alleged assassin

His alleged assassin Mustafa Hassan Ammar, as his Lebanese passport stated, was returned to the Netherlands for the trial. However, he was discharged on grounds of insufficient evidence after a seven-hour hearing.EYLÜL 1980
For English readers
Ludington Daily News - Sep 10, 1981
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Benler, Ahmet 1979 deaths Turkish people murdered abroad Year of birth missing Netherlands–Turkey relations 1979 in the Netherlands Terrorist attacks attributed to Armenian militant groups Terrorism in the Netherlands

Capture and trial of the alleged assassin

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