Sources which implicitly endorse the view that the 1981 attempt to assassinate the Pope was masterminded by the KGB and undertaken by a Turkish extremist only with active hands-on participation of East German and Bulgarian security services place Ergün 's recruitment as a Stasi collaborator in the context of a wider attempt to recruit politically committed West Germans of Turkish provenance to the East German political cause and disseminate an acceptance in the west that the would-be assassin had acted without any Soviet-bloc involvement . It must be acknowledged that this back story is not one that goes entirely unchallenged , however . In 1982 İsmet Ergün crossed into East Germany to visit a friend . While she was in her friend 's apartment a uniformed official knocked on the door to tell her that her car was illegally parked . She accompanied the official outside to resolve the matter . It turned out that the two Stasi officers waiting for her had no interest in any alleged parking offence . But they did request a meeting
1981 attempt to assassinate the Pope
Pope John Paul II assassination attempt
İsmet Ergün