February 14, 2024 - A video from 2013 of a man pointing a pistol at the head of a Bulgarian politician has been reshared online in 2024, falsely claiming to show an attempted assassination of the country’s prime minister.

December 1, 2017 - Ahmed Dogan, the leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms party in Bulgaria, escapes an apparent assassination attempt Reuters

April 13, 2025 - On 19 January 2013, a man tried to assault Dogan with a gun during a political meeting. While Dogan was talking to a large group of people from a podium, a man ran onto the stage and pointed a pistol within a foot of Dogan's head.

January 22, 2013 - This shocking video of what appears to be a failed assassination attempt on Ahmed Dogan, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) party in Bulgaria, went viral last Saturday.

January 21, 2013 - Ahmed Dogan, the leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms party in Bulgaria, escapes an apparent assassination attempt during a speech being televised live on Saturday, when a man climbs on to the stage and pointed a gun to his head.

January 22, 2013 - Ahmed Dogan was giving a speech when the attacker leaped onstage and pointed a gun directly at his head. Rival Parties Accuse Bulgaria's DPS Of Staging 'Assassination' Attempt

December 7, 2017 - The leader of Bulgaria’s Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) party, Ahmed Dogan, was assaulted by a gunman while on stage at the National Palace of Culture (NDK) in Sofia, according to the Sofia Globe.

This video shows the moment when Ahmed Dogan, the leader of Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish party, was confronted by a gunman during a televised speech. The assailant mounts the stage and points a weapon at the politician's head.

Answer (1 of 3): There is no Bulgarian assassination at an attempt. The two main characters - the attacker (if you can call it that) and the attacked are ethnic Turks. Oktay Enimehmedov (attacker) is a former member of the Movement for Rights ...

January 28, 2013 - The immediate reactions of the Bulgarian public was that Ahmed Dogan has set up the whole scene as a PR stunt to build up support before this year’s elections. During the investigation the failed “assassin” Oktay Enimehmedov said that he didn’t want to kill Dogan but only to scare him and prove to him that he’s not “untouchable.” Enimehmedov even left a letter to his mother in the event of his death.

February 14, 2024 - “Failed assassination attempt on Bulgarian Prime Minister Ahmed Dogan…When your time is not yet up……,” the text accompanying the video reads.

May 28, 2018 - Prosecutors say that Oktay Enimehmedov, who put a tear-gas gun to Ahmed Dogan’s head while he was speaking at a conference in Sofia which was being broadcast live on Bulgarian television, did not technically try to murder the ex-leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, DPS party.

January 21, 2013 - Oktay Enimehmedov held a gun at the head of Ahmed Dogan, leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms · Bulgaria's chief prosecutor has said the gun would not have killed · Prosecutors are now considering charging those who attacked Enimehmedov ... A 'would-be assassin' who aimed a gun at the head of a Bulgarian politician as he was giving a speech had no intention of killing his victim, it has been suggested.

Federal Government Human Rights Commissioner Markus Löning expressed shock and horror at the attempted assassination of Ahmed Dogan, the chair of Bulgaria’s Liberal Party. I’m extremely pleased…

January 8, 2015 - Last week, a deranged person stormed the stage at a political conference and pointed a gun at a politician’s temple on live television; when the gun failed to fire, Bulgarian members of parliament rushed the would-be attacker and beat him in a frenzy, stomping him into a bloody mess.

May 9, 2012 - So basically it wasn't an assassination attempt it was an assault attempt, boring. ... gas pistols can be modified to shoot rubber bullets or steel balls which would be lethal at this range ... Here is the Ahmed Dogan page where it says that.

January 20, 2013 - A man puts a gas pistol to the head of the leader of Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish party, Ahmed Dogan, during a televised conference in Sofia.

August 14, 2023 - Nope, he is not kidding. The target was Ahmet Dogan and it was staged, he is former Bulgarian agent, a snitch in soviet times. After 1989 he became political figure, supporting the Bulgarian Turks living in Bulgaria.