clandestine Counter-Guerrilla murdered İpekçi at the behest of the CIA's station chief in Turkey. İpekçi had learned that the counter-guerrilla were inducting civilians into a clandestine anti-communist organization without the knowledge of the Turkish chief of staff. He knew that the counter-guerrilla were subordinate to the CIA, whose station chief at the time was Paul Henze. İpekçi thus asked Henze to stop the CIA's illegal activities. Other sources also name Henze as the instigator. Abdi İpekçi was interred at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Sibel, daughter Nükhet and son Sedat. Legacy The street on which he lived and was murdered was renamed Abdi İpekçi Avenue. On 1 February 2000, a statue erected by the Municipality of Şişli near the place where he was murdered was unveiled in his commemoration. It was designed by the architect Erhan İşözen, and the 3.5 m high bronze sculpture created by Gürdal Duyar stands on a 0.70 m high granite base. The memorial depicts İpekçi's bust held by one male and one female student with a dove atop symbolizing peace. Turkey's multi-purpose indoor sports arena, the Abdi İpekçi Arena located in Istanbul, is also named after him. The Ipekci Peace and Friendship Prize was established in 1981 to honor people who improved the relations between Greece and Turkey. The award is presented every two years on a rotational basis in Athens and Istanbul. Recipients have included the photographer Nikos Economopoulos. In 2000, İpekçi was named as one of the International Press Institute's 50 World Press Freedom Heroes of the past 50 years. See also List of assassinated people from Turkey References External links 1929 births 1979 deaths Assassinated Turkish journalists Turkish secularists Turkish social democrats Turkish democracy activists Burials at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery Galatasaray High School alumni Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni Milliyet people Turkish human rights activists 1979 murders in Turkey Writers from Istanbul People murdered in Turkey Turkish activists Turkish journalists Journalists killed in Turkey Grey Wolves (organization) attacks 20th-century journalists Political violence in Turkey Sabbateans