This site is a database work created to be a memory of Tenkil victim’s deaths of under detention, in exile, of diseases, work accidents, imprisoned, suicide, and other deaths in the Aegean Sea and Maritza River; and also the abductions and other human rights violations. According to our database records, the number of people who died during the Tenkil process has exceeded 800.

Omer Cubuklu

Omer Cubuklu

Guardian
Date of Detention 13.05.2026 Izmir
Death Date 01/09/2016
Cause of Death Suicide(Allegedly)
Place of Death Izmir F Type Prison

It was alleged that guardian Omer Cubuklu, who was arrested in İzmir, ended his life by hanging himself with shoelaces and tracksuit laces in the temporary admission section where he was held alone in F Type Prison No.

More
Ilkay Mutlu

Ilkay Mutlu, 38

Educator
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 30/08/2018
Cause of Death Cancer
Place of Death

Ilkay Mutlu, 38, was a teacher and expelled from the profession she loved, both herself and her husband, with the Decree-Law. As a result of the suffering she endured, she got cancer. After being dismissed from her job, Mrs Mutlu was reinstated by saying ‘pardon’; nevertheless, she could not overcome cancer and passed away due to the troubles she experienced, as well as social pressure and sadness.

More
Unal Takmaklı

Unal Takmaklı, 77

Industrialist and Businessman
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 29/11/2016
Cause of Death Imprisoned death,Heart attack
Place of Death Menemen Prison

Unal Takmakli, one of the founders of “Ugur Deep Freezer”, which has managed to become a world-renowned brand, was arrested after 15 July. The 77-year-old famous industrialist had a heart attack in the prison where he was imprisoned and died in the hospital he was taken to.

More
Burhan Yeni

Burhan Yeni, 2

Baby
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 29/07/2018
Cause of Death Drowning in Aegean Sea
Place of Death Aegean Sea

Burhan Yeni, together with his mother Gülfem Yeni, father Gökhan Yeni and sister Nurbanu Yeni, had to leave the country to run from the persecution in Turkey. But the road to freedom could not be completed. Only, mother Gülfem Yeni was rescued from the boat that sank in the Aegean Sea.

More
Burak Acikalin

Burak Acikalin

Engineer-Intelligence Dep.
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 08/11/2016
Cause of Death Torture
Place of Death Kirikkale

Burak Acikalin was found dead in the Kırıkkale Prison, where he was detained, on November 8, 2016, in the ward where he was staying. Acikalin’s family stated that their son had traces of torture on his body and died by torture, and there were witnesses about it.

More
Inci Eslem Dayan

Inci Eslem Dayan

Kid
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 16/08/2018
Cause of Death Traffic accident
Place of Death Van

Inci Eslem Dayan’s parents were teachers at a closed school in Hakkari. On August 16, 2018, she died in a traffic accident along with her mother Aslıhan Dayan and father Zeki Dayan. Dayan’s family was in the car coming from the opposite direction in the accident, involving an AKP congress bus.

More
Orhan Caya

Orhan Caya

Educator
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 12/08/2019
Cause of Death Heart attack, sadness
Place of Death Germany

Orhan Caya was an educational volunteer businessman living in England. He had a heart attack in Germany, where he was going to visit. Caya was treated in hospital and died on August 12, 2019 after being unable to be saved. Orhan Caya was buried in a Muslim cemetery in Germany.

More
Hayrullah Tamturk

Hayrullah Tamturk, 40

Police Commissioner
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 21/11/2016
Cause of Death Suicide
Place of Death Sakarya

Hayrullah Tamturk was a patriotic Deputy Police Commissioner who served in Bilecik. However, he was expelled by Decree-Law, and he allegedly committed suicide because he could not cope with what he endured.

More
Yunus Ankaralı

Yunus Ankaralı

Soldier
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 28/04/2020
Cause of Death Suicide(Allegedly)
Place of Death Sakarya

Yunus Ankaralı, who was expelled from the Turkish Armed Forces with a Decree-Law, divorced his wife after being unemployed. Depressed, the young man committed suicide with a gun at his home in Sakarya Serdivan. The mother of the young man, who was alone at home, was being treated in the hospital due to the coronavirus.

More
Cahit Korkmaz

Cahit Korkmaz

Police officer
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 25/10/2016
Cause of Death Alleged suicide
Place of Death Bursa

It was stated that the police officer  in Bursa, Cahit Korkmaz, committed suicide by shooting himself in the heart with his service pistol.

More

Lizenz: Die visuellen und textlichen Inhalte dieser Website stehen unter der Creative Commons Namensnennung – Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/