1 Turkish daily Ortadogu writer Rabia Ozden Kazan (C) and her lawyer Mete Han Ozkan (2L) arrive flanked by bodyguards to attend a news conference in Istanbul January 17, 2006. Kazan's lawyer Mete Han Ozkan denied that there had been an affair between his client Kazan and Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot Pope Jean Paul II in 1981 and was released last week from a prison in Istanbul, during his prison time. The lawyer said that she had met and interviewed him at the prison several times in recent years. REUTERS/str 2 Turkish daily Ortadogu writer Rabia Ozden Kazan attends a news conference in a hotel in Istanbul January 17, 2006. Kazan's lawyer Mete Han Ozkan denied that there had been an affair between his client Kazan and Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot Pope Jean Paul II in 1981 and was released last week from a prison in Istanbul, during his prison time. The lawyer said that Kazan had met and interviewed Agca at the prison several times in recent years. REUTERS/str 3 Turkey's Justice Minister Cemil Cicek speaks with journalists at Ministrial House in Ankara. Cicek formally asked the appeals court to overturn a decision to release Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot pope John Paul II in 1981.(AFP/File) 4 Rabia Ozden Kazan, a Turkish journalist for the ultra nationalist Ortadogu newspaper, during a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. There is speculation in the Turkish media who allege that Rabia Ozden Kazan has become engaged to Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981. Both sides have denied the reports. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer) 5 Rabia Ozden Kazan, a Turkish journalist for the ultra nationalist Ortadogu newspaper, accompanied by her lawyer, Metehan Ozkan, rear, during a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. There is speculation in the Turkish media who allege that Rabia Ozden Kazan has become engaged to Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981. Both sides have denied the reports. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer) 6 Rabia Ozden Kazan, a Turkish journalist for the ultra nationalist Ortadogu newspaper, during a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2006. There is speculation in the Turkish media who allege that Rabia Ozden Kazan has become engaged to Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981. Both sides have denied the reports. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer) 7 Police escort Mehmet Ali Acga, the Turk who attempted to kill late Pope John Paul II in 1981, just before his release in Istanbul, 12 January 2006. Agca was declared unsuitable to do military service, his lawyer said, as the government prepared to challenge the former hitman's controversial release from jail.(AFP/File) 8 Mustafa Demirbag (L), lawyer for Mehmet Ali Agca who Pope John Paul II in 1981, speaks to the media in his office in Istanbul January 16, 2006. Agca is unfit to do his military service, NTV television quoted a military hospital as saying on Monday, days after he was freed from an Istanbul jail. The decision leaves Agca at liberty, pending an appeal from the Justice Ministry against his early release from prison. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas 9 Mustafa Demirbag (L), lawyer for Mehmet Ali Agca who Pope John Paul II in 1981, speaks to the media in his office in Istanbul January 16, 2006. Agca is unfit to do his military service, NTV television quoted a military hospital as saying on Monday, days after he was freed from an Istanbul jail. The decision leaves Agca at liberty, pending an appeal from the Justice Ministry against his early release from prison. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas 10 Mustafa Demirbag, lawyer for Mehmet Ali Agca who Pope John Paul II in 1981, speaks to the media in his office in Istanbul January 16, 2006. Agca is unfit to do his military service, NTV television quoted a military hospital as saying on Monday, days after he was freed from an Istanbul jail. The decision leaves Agca at liberty, pending an appeal from the Justice Ministry against his early release from prison. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas 11 Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, leaves a military recruitment center after being released from prison in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Jan 12, 2006 file photo. A Turkish military hospital on Monday, Jan. 16, 2006, said that Agca was not fit for obligatory military service. The military hospital's decision ended days of speculation about whether the 48-year-old gunman, a draft dodger, would have to serve in the army after spending some 25 years in prison in Italy and Turkey. (AP Photo/Osman Orsal) 12 Mehmet Ali Agca, center, the Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 holds up an issue of Time magazine, given to him by a journalist, after being released from prison in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Jan 12, 2006. A Turkish military hospital on Monday said that Agca was not fit for obligatory military service. The military hospital's decision ended days of speculation about whether the 48-year-old gunman, a draft dodger, would have to serve in the army after spending some 25 years in prison in Italy and Turkey. (AP Photo/Osman Orsal) 13 Mehmet Ali Agca (C), the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, leaves a military recruitment center under police escort in Istanbul, January 12, 2006. Agca is unfit for military service, NTV television quoted a military hospital as saying on Monday, days after he was freed from an Istanbul jail. REUTERS/Ahmet Ada 14 A stained-glass window in a church in Zakopane-Krzeptowki, in southern Poland, Sunday, Jan. 15 2006 , shows the Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca, in the lower left corner with raised arm, shooting at Polish-born Pope John Paul II, center, in the failed May 13, 1981 assassination attempt. Agca, who was forgiven by Pope John Paul II, was on Thursday Jan. 14, 2006 released from prison in Ankara, Turkey, after serving a prison term there and in Italy for the shooting of the pope and for an earlier murder of a Turkish journalist. Pope John Paul II died in April 2005 , at the age of 84. ( AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) 15 Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman seen here 12 january 2006, who attempted to kill pope John Paul II, failed to report to the police Friday, a day after his release, prompting an official warning that he could be apprehended for missed military service(AFP/File/Bulent Kilic) 16 Mehmet Ali Agca, centre, is accompanied by his lawyer Mustafa Demirbag, right, outside a military recruitment centre after being released from prison in Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) 17 Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, leaves Kartal high security prison under police escort in Istanbul January 12, 2006. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas 18 Mehmet Ali Agca (with gray hair), the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, is escorted by police officers out of a military recruitment center shortly after he was freed from the Kartal high security prison in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca's lawyers says the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Stringer 19 Mehmet Ali Agca (with gray hair), the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, is escorted by police officers out of a military recruitment center shortly after he was freed from the Kartal high security prison in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca's lawyers says the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Stringer 20 Pope John Paul II meets with his would-be assassin, Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca, in a cell of Rome's Rebibbia prison in this December 27, 1983 file photo. Agca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, will be released from his Turkish jail on Thursday, his lawyer said January 11, 2006. (Vatican/File photo/Reuters) 21 Turkish gendarmes man a watch tower over the Kartal prison where Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, is imprisoned in a suburban district of Kartal in Istanbul January 11, 2006. Agca, will be released from his Turkish jail on Thursday, his lawyer said. (Stringer/Reuters) 22 Mehmet Ali Agca, right, the Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, is escorted by a Turkish police office, as he leaves a military recruitment center after being released from prison in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006. Agca was serving more than 25 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist. (AP Photo/Anatolia) 23 Supporters of Mehmet Ali Agca wave Turkish flag for -- the Turk who attempted to kill pope John Paul II in 1981 -- in Istanbul. Agca was freed after almost 25 years behind bars, but may soon return to jail amid legal confusion over his early release.(AFP/Bulent Kilic) 24 Mehmet Ali Agca -- the Turk who attempted to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981 -- is freed from kartal jail. Agca was freed after almost 25 years behind bars, but may soon return to jail amid legal confusion over his early release.(AFP) 25 Turkish leftwing activists chant slogans 'Murderer Agca' as they protest Mehmet Ali Agca's release -- the Turk who attempted to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981 -- in front of the GATA, in Istanbul. Agca was freed after almost 25 years behind bars, but may soon return to jail amid legal confusion over his early release.(AFP/Bulent Kilic) 26 Mehmet Ali Agca, center, still handcuffed, is surrounded by police as he leaves the prison in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006. The Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 was driven to a military recruitment center after being released from prison in Istanbul. Agca was serving more than 25 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist. (AP Photo/Anatolia) 27 Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, walks past a gendarme officer in the outer court of a prison in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was released from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately taken in handcuffs to a military recruitment office. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas 28 Mehmet Ali Agca (with gray hair), the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, leaves a military recruitment center under police escort in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was released from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately taken in handcuffs to a military recruitment office. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Stringer/turkey 29 Supporters of Turkish Communist Party march to protest against the release of Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, outside a military hospital where Agca was taken for a check-up after being released from jail in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was released from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately taken in handcuffs to a military recruitment office. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Ahmet Ada 30 Turkish left-wing activists protest nationalist Mehmet Ali Agca's release, shouting 'Agca will pay' outside the GATA, Gulhane Military Medicine Academy, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Jan 12, 2006. Agca was released from prison in Istanbul earlier after serving more than 25 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist.(AP Photo/Osman Orsal) 31 Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 leaves a military recruitment center after being released from prison in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006. Agca was serving more than 25 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) 32 Turkish left-wing activists protest nationalist Agca's release, shouting 'Agca will pay' outside the GATA, Gulhane Military Medicine Academy, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2006. Mehmet Ali Agca was released from prison in Istanbul earlier after serving more than 25 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) 33 Mehmet Ali Agca, center, the Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 is pushed into a car outside a military recruitment center after being released from prison in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2006. Agca was serving more than 25 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) 34 Mehmet Ali Agca, right, the Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, leaves a military recruitment center after being released from prison in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2006. Agca was serving more than 25 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist. (AP Photo/Osman Orsal) 35 Mehmet Ali Agca (C), the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, leaves a military recruitment center under police escort in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was released from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately taken in handcuffs to a military recruitment office. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Stringer 36 A police officer moves in to remove a group of men holding Turkish flags to show their support for Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was released from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately taken in handcuffs to a military recruitment office. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas 37 Mehmet Ali Agca (with gray hair), the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, leaves Kartal high security prison under police escort in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was released from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately taken in handcuffs to a military recruitment office. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Ahmet Ada 38 A Mercedes carrying Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, leaves a military recruitment center under police escort in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was released from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately taken in handcuffs to a military recruitment office. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas 39 A Mercedes carrying Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, leaves a military recruitment center under police escort in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was released from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately taken in handcuffs to a military recruitment office. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas 40 A man throws flowers onto a police car carrying Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, as the car leaves Kartal high security prison in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was released from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately taken in handcuffs to a military recruitment office. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas 41 Turkish people watch the arrival of Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, to a military recruitment center, after being released from prison in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2006. Agca was serving more than 25 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) 42 Mehmet Ali Agca (C), the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, arrives at a military recruitment center under police escort shortly after he was freed from a prison in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was released from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately taken in handcuffs to a military recruitment office. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas 43 Mehmet Ali Agca, center, still handcuffed, enters a car to leave the prison in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2006. The Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 was driven to a military recruitment center after being released from prison in Istanbul. Agca was serving more than 25 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist. (AP Photo/Anatolia) 44 Mehmet Ali Agca (gray haired), the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, is escorted by police officers at the outer court of jail shortly after he was freed from the Kartal high security prison in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was freed from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately claimed by the army for missed military service. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas 45 Mehmet Ali Agca (gray haired), the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, is escorted by police officers at the outer court of jail shortly after he was freed from the Kartal high security prison in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was freed from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately claimed by the army for missed military service. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas 46 Mehmet Ali Agca, center, still handcuffed, is escorted out of a prison in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2006. The Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 was driven to a military recruitment center after being released from prison in Istanbul. Agca was serving more than 25 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist. (AP Photo/Anatolia) 47 Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, displays an issue of Time Magazine with a cover picture showing him with late Pope John Paul in an Italian prison as he is led by police officers to a military recruitment centre in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was freed from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately claimed by the army for missed military service. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Ahmet Ada 48 Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, displays an issue of Time Magazine with a cover picture showing him with late Pope John Paul in an Italian prison as he is led by police officers to a military recruitment centre in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was freed from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately claimed by the army for missed military service. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Stringer 49 Turkish police secure the car containing Mehmet Ali Agca as the Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 leaves a military recruitment center after being released from prison in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2006. Agca was serving more than 25 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) 50 Turkish police secure the car containing Mehmet Ali Agca as the Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 leaves a military recruitment center after being released from prison in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2006. Agca was serving more than 25 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic) 51 Supporters of Mehmet Ali Agca follow his car with a Turkish flag after the Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 left a military recruitment center after being released from prison in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2006. Agca was serving more than 25 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) 52 Mehmet Ali Agca, right, who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, gets into a car outside a military recruitment center after being released from prison in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2006. Agca was serving more than 25 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) 53 Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, is escorted by Turkish police men as he leaves a military recruitment center after being released from prison in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2006. Agca was serving more than 25 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic) 54 Mehmet Ali Agca, right, the Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, is escorted by a Turkish police man as he leaves a military recruitment center after being released from prison in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2006. Agca was serving more than 25 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist. (AP Photo/Osman Orsal) 55 Mehmet Ali Agca, center, is accompanied by his lawyer Mustafa Demirbag, right, outside a military recruitment center after being released from prison in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2006. Agca was serving more than 25 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) 56 Mehmet Ali Agca, center, the Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 holds up an issue of Time magazine, given to him by a journalist, outside a military recruitment center after being released from prison in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2006. Agca was serving more than 25 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist. (AP Photo/Osman Orsal) 57 Mehmet Ali Agca (C, with gray hair), the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, is surrounded by gendarmes and police officers after he was freed from Kartal high security prison in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was released from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately taken in handcuffs to a military recruitment office. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas 58 Mehmet Ali Agca is shown during his trial in Istanbul in this Dec. 18, 2000 file photo. The Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul in 1981 left prison a free man after serving nearly 25 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist. (AP Photo/Pool/File) 59 Mehmet Ali Agca (C), the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, arrives at a military recruitment center under police escort shortly after he was freed from a prison in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was released from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately taken in handcuffs to a military recruitment office. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas 60 Mehmet Ali Agca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, gets into a police car at the yard of Kartal high security prison shortly after he was freed in Istanbul, January 12, 2006. Agca was released from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately taken in handcuffs to a military recruitment office. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas 61 Mehmet Ali Agca (with gray hair), the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, is escorted by plainclothes police officers shortly after he was freed from the Kartal high security prison in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was released from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately taken in handcuffs to a military recruitment office. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas 62 Turkish gendarmes and a police officer lead Mehmet Ali Agca (C), the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, out of Kartal high security prison in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was released from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately taken in handcuffs to a military recruitment office. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas 63 Mehmet Ali Agca (C), the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, is led by plainclothes policemen into a police car at the yard of Kartal high security prison shortly after he was released in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was released from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately taken in handcuffs to a military recruitment office. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas 64 Mehmet Ali Agca (C), the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, is surrounded by Turkish gendarmes at the main gate of Kartal high security prison in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was released from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately taken in handcuffs to a military recruitment office. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas 65 Turkish gendarmes and a police officer lead Mehmet Ali Agca (C), the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, out of Kartal high security prison in Istanbul January 12, 2006. Agca was released from a Turkish prison on Thursday and immediately taken in handcuffs to a military recruitment office. His lawyers say the Turkish army want to claim Agca, 48, for missed military service, a legal obligation for Turkish men. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas 66 ATTENTION EDITORS - REPEATING WITH UPDATED CAPTION Pope John Paul II talks with Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca in a cell of Rome's Rebibbia prison in this December 2, 1983 file photo. Agca, the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, was released from a Turkish jail on January 12, 2006 escorted by police. Turkish media said he was being taken to a military recruitment centre for medical checks prior to doing his compulsory military service.Agca served 19 years in an Italian prison for the assassination attempt before being pardoned at the Pope's behest in 2000. He was then extradited to Turkey to serve a separate sentence in an Istanbul jail for robbery and murder. B/W ONLY REUTERS/Vatican/Files 67 Mehmet Ali Agca, during his trial in Istanbul, Turkey, in this Dec. 18, 2000 file photo. The Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 left prison a free man Thursday Jan. 12, 2006 after serving more than 25 years behind bars in Italy and Turkey for the plot against the pontiff and the slaying of a Turkish journalist. (AP Photo/Pool/File) 68 Mehmet Ali Agca is seen in an Istanbul court during his trial in Turkey, in this Aug. 9, 2000 file photo. Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981, will be released from an Istanbul prison Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006 less than five years after Italy pardoned and extradited him to Turkey after the pontiff forgave him in 1983. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer/File) 69 Mehmet Ali Agca arrives at a court as he escorted by Turkish gendarmes in Istanbul, Turkey, in this Monday July 10, 2000 file photo. Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981, will be released from an Istanbul prison Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006, less than five years after Italy pardoned and extradited him to Turkey after the pontiff forgave him in 1983. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer/File) 70 Pope John Paul II talks to Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca in a cell of Rome's Rebibbia prison in this December 2, 1983 file photo. Agca, the man who shot the Pope in 1981, will be released from his Turkish jail on Thursday, his lawyer said January 11, 2006, but the army will immediately claim him for missed military service. Agca spent 19 years in an Italian prison for the assassination bid, but was freed in 2000 after a pardon at the late Pope's behest. He was then extradited to Turkey to serve a separate sentence in an Istanbul jail for robbery and murder. B/W ONLY REUTERS/Vatican/Files 71 Mustafa Demirbag, the lawyer of Mehmet Ali Agca, the 1981 assailant of Pope John Paul II, talks to The Associated Press in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006 ahead of his release from prison on Thursday. Agca was a draft dodger in the 1970s but may not have to do obligatory service now if he is found psychologically unfit, his lawyer said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Osman Orsal) 72 Mustafa Demirbag, the lawyer of Mehmet Ali Agca, the 1981 assailant of Pope John Paul II, talks to The Associated Press in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006 ahead of his release from prison on Thursday. Agca was a draft dodger in the 1970s but may not have to do obligatory service now if he is found psychologically unfit, his lawyer said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Osman Orsal) 73 The barbed wires and a warning sign outside the Kartal prison where Mehmet Ali Agca, Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 is serving his prison term in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 9, 2005. Agca is will be released on parole on Thursday, his lawyer told the Associated Press late Sunday. John Paul II's former private secretary, who held the wounded pope in his arms after he was shot in 1981, accepts a Turkish court's decision to release the attacker on parole and is praying for him, his spokesman the Rev. Robert Necek said Monday. (AP Photo) 74 The main gate of the Kartal prison where Mehmet Ali Agca, Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 is serving his prison term in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 9, 2005. Agca will be released from prison on parole on Thursday, his lawyer told the Associated Press late Sunday. John Paul II's former private secretary, who held the wounded pope in his arms after he was shot in 1981, accepts a Turkish court's decision to release the attacker on parole and is praying for him, his spokesman the Rev. Robert Necek said Monday.(AP Photo) 75 The then Pope John Paul meets with his would-be assassin, Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca, in a cell of Rome's Rebibbia prison in this December 27, 1983 file photo. Agca, the man who shot and seriously wounded the Pope in 1981, will be freed from prison this month, the Anatolian state news agency said on January 8, 2006. (Vatican/Files/Reuters) 76 Pope John Paul II lies seriously wounded in his open car moments after he was shot by Turkish Mehmet Ali Agca in St Peter's Square in this May 13, 1981 file photo. Agca, the man who shot and seriously wounded the Pope in 1981, will be freed from prison this month, the Anatolian state news agency said on January 8, 2006. (Handout/Files/Reuters) 77 Guard posts overlooking the Kartal prison where Mehmet Ali Agca, Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 is serving his prison term in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 9, 2005. Agca will be released on parole on Thursday, his lawyer told the Associated Press late Sunday. (AP Photo) 78 Mehmet Ali Agca, Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, during his trial in Istanbul, Turkey, in this Dec. 18, 2000 file photo. Agca is expected to be released from his Istanbul prison as early as Monday after completing his sentence, Anatolia news agency reported Sunday Jan 8 2006. (AP Photo/Pool/File) 79 Mehmet Ali Agca, Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, speaks during his trial in Istanbul, Turkey, in this June 16, 2000 file photo, after Italy extradited him to Turkey to serve a 10-year prison term for killing prominent Turkish editor Abdi Ipekci. Agca is expected to be released from his Istanbul prison as early as Monday after completing his sentence, Anatolia news agency reported Sunday Jan 8 2006. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) 80 FILE -- May 19, 1981 file photo of Pope John Paul II sitting in his bed at the Policlinico Gemelli hospital in Rome after he was wounded in St. Peter's square by his would-be assassin Mehemet Ali Agca on May 13, 1981. A Turkish court has approved the release of the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, saying he completed his sentence for crimes he committed in Turkey, the semiofficial Anatolia news agency reported Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006. Mehmet Ali Agca, 47, was extradited to Turkey in 2000 after serving almost 20 years in prison in Italy for shooting and wounding the pope in St. Peter's Square in Rome. His motives for the attack remain unclear. Agca was expected to be released as early as Monday, Anatolia added. (AP Photo/Osservatore Romano) 81 Mehmet Ali Agca, Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II, is surrounded by security members during his trial in Istanbul, Turkey, in this June 16, 2000 file photo, after Italy extradited him to Turkey to serve a 10-year prison term for killing prominent Turkish editor Abdi Ipekci. Agca is expected to be released from his Istanbul prison as early as Monday after completing his sentence, Anatolia news agency reported Sunday Jan 8 2006. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) 82 Mehmet Ali Agca, Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II, is surrounded by security members during his trial in Istanbul, Turkey, in this June 16, 2000 file photo, after Italy extradited him to Turkey to serve a 10-year prison term for killing prominent Turkish editor Abdi Ipekci. Agca is expected to be released from his Istanbul prison as early as Monday after completing his sentence, Anatolia news agency reported Sunday Jan 8 2006. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) 83 Mehmet Ali Agca, Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II, is seen during his trial in Istanbul, Turkey, in this June 16, 2000 file photo, after Italy extradited him to Turkey to serve a 10-year prison term for killing prominent Turkish editor Abdi Ipekci. Agca is expected to be released from his Istanbul prison as early as Monday Jan. 9, after completing his sentence, Anatolia news agency reported Sunday Jan. 8, 2006. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) 84 Mehmet Ali Agca, Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II, is seen during his trial in Istanbul, Turkey, in this June 16, 2000 file photoo, after Italy extradited him to Turkey to serve a 10-year prison term for killing prominent Turkish editor Abdi Ipekci. Agca is expected to be released from his Istanbul prison as early as Monday after completing his sentence, Anatolia news agency reported Sunday. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) 85 Mehmet Ali Agca, guarded by Turkish gendarmes, sits in the dock in a Turkish court for a hearing in a 21-year-old armed robbery trial in Istanbul this December 18, 2000 file photo. Agca, the man who shot and seriously wounded Pope John Paul II in 1981, will be freed from prison this month, the Anatolian state news agency said on January 8, 2006. REUTERS/Stringer/File 86 Mehmet Ali Agca is guarded by three Carabineri during a trial for the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II in 1981 in Rome in this June 5, 1985 file photo. Agca, the man who shot and seriously wounded the Pope in 1981, will be freed from prison this month, the Anatolian state news agency said on January 8, 2006. REUTERS/Luciano Mellace/File 87 Pope John Paul II (C) lies bleeding in his open car moments after he was shot by Turkish gunman Mehmet Ali Agca in St. Peter's Square in this May 13, 1981 file photo. Agca, the man who shot and seriously wounded the Pope in 1981, will be freed from prison this month, the Anatolian state news agency said on January 8, 2006. REUTERS/Vatican/Files 88 Mehmet Ali Agca poses during an interview at the Montacuto prison near the Adriatic port city of Ancona in this May 29, 2000 file photo. Agca, the man who shot and seriously wounded Pope John Paul II in 1981, will be freed from prison this month, the Anatolian state news agency said on January 8, 2006. REUTERS/Mario Laporta/Files 89 A hand holding a pistol, left, aims from the crowd at Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome in this May 13, 1981 photo. Moments later the pontiff was shot. A Turkish court has approved the release of the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, saying he completed his sentence for crimes he committed in Turkey, the semiofficial Anatolia news agency reported Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006. Mehmet Ali Agca, 47, was extradited to Turkey in 2000 after serving almost 20 years in prison in Italy for shooting and wounding the pope in St. Peter's Square in Rome. His motives for the attack remain unclear. Agca was expected to be released as early as Monday, Anatolia added. (AP Photo)