Abdi İpekçi

Abdi İpekçi was a Turkish journalist, intellectual and an activist for human rights. He was murdered while editor-in-chief of one of the main Turkish daily newspapers Milliyet which then had a centre-left political stance.

9 August 1929

Born on the same birth day (9 August): Amanda Bearse • Ana Serradilla • Anthony Castonzo • Brice Roger • Camilla Wicks • David Steinberg • Erich Hückel • Hoda Kotb • Johann Michael Bach • Kento Ono • Kevin Mack • Michael Lerchl • Otto Rehhagel • Posy Simmonds • Ray Jennings • Reynaldo Hahn • Rod Laver • Stefano Okaka • Tam Dalyell • Valentin Kovalenko

Born in the same month (August 1929): Ahmed Kathrada • Don Matheson • Hafizullah Amin • Helmut Rahn • Ian McNaught-Davis • Ion N. Petrovici