He made a name for himself after surviving an assassination attempt on the Golden Horn Bridge in January 2023, and after his death in France.
[4] On 14 January 2023, he survived an assassination attempt on the Golden Horn Bridge and his friend Cumali Aslan, who was with him at the time, died.
[5] The attack took place at midnight when Ay and three friends were returning home in a white BMW car from a nightclub in Şişli, Istanbul.
[8] Ay, after surviving the assassination attempt, first left Istanbul and travelled to Greece, and from there he went to France with a fake identity.
[3][4] In the first days of August 2023, Gülbey Dilsiz, a hitman for Uğurcan Gündoğmuş's gang, travelled illegally to France.