Sinan Ateş

He worked as a lecturer at Hacettepe University and served as the general chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)'s Grey Wolves from 2019 to 2020.

[2] His father, Musa Ateş, was a Grey Wolf who survived an assassination attempt during the raging 1976–1980 Turkish political conflict.

He founded the environmentalist wing of the Grey Wolves, which carries out activities such as recycling, planting, helping stray cats and dogs, as well as saving endangered species.

Referring to Bahadıroğlu and another Islamist author Kadir Mısıroğlu, Sinan Ateş mentioned, "these community microbes are more dangerous for Turkish children than the coronavirus.

[22][23] On 30 December 2022, Ateş was attacked together with his brother in law Selman Bozkurt by Eray Özyağcı, who was hiding behind a vehicle at 1456th Street in the Kızılırmak District of Çankaya.

In connection with Ateş's death, a total of 13 people were arrested, including an MHP provincial director and two officers of the special police unit PÖH.

[27] On 31 December 2022, the funeral prayer was held in Bursa Ulu Mosque and he was buried in Amir Sultan Cemetery.

He was put in a coffin wrapped with a Flag of Turkey and a Bursaspor scarf, and was buried in the grave with martyrdom written on its stone.

[33] On 3 January, a grieving Devlet Bahçeli finished his party's parliamentary meeting and was questioned by a journalist about the murder of Sinan Ateş.