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 1200.

Bulent Ucar

Bulent Ucar

Head of Malatya Branch of Health and Social Work Workers Union
Detention date Unknown.
Date of death 18/02/2017
Cause of death Heart attack
Place of death Malatya

Bulent Ucar was purged by a Decree-Law. However, he could not cope with his suffering and passed away due to a heart attack four months after his purge. His Decision of Giving Back to Duty paper was issued after Ucar died.

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Mir İbrahim Işık

Mir İbrahim Işık, 3

Kid - 3 years old
Detention date Unknown.
Date of death 27/09/2019
Cause of death Drowning in Aegean Sea
Place of death Off the Greek island of Chios

The boat, on which a group of 18 people, including academics, judges and teachers, boarded, capsized at around 12.30 in the evening. In the accident where 7 people lost their lives, one of the two children of judge candidate Nazir Işık and Judge Fatma Işık who lost their lives was İbrahim Işık, who was only 3 years old.

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Hasan Yucel

Hasan Yucel

Lieutenant Colonel
Detention date Unknown.
Date of death 20/07/2016
Cause of death Suicide(Allegedly)
Place of death General Staff Headquarter, Ankara

Commander of the General Staff Service Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Hasan Yucel, allegedly ended his life in his room in the Headquarters on July 20, 2016.

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Halit Kesgin

Halit Kesgin, 50

Imam / preacher
Detention date Unknown.
Date of death 10/08/2019
Cause of death Heart attack
Place of death Demirci, Manisa

Halit Kesgin, an imam and a preacher, was imprisoned for 17 months after being dismissed from his profession with a Decree-Law. He died because his heart could not cope with the injustices.

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Mehmet Sukru Eken

Mehmet Sukru Eken, 56

General
Detention date Unknown.
Date of death 19/04/2021
Cause of death Corona
Place of death Bafra

Brigadier General Mehmet Şükrü Eken, the former commander of Samsun Garrison, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, died due to the coronavirus he was caught in Bafra Prison. Eken was a beloved commander in the Southeast.

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Ayse Bicer

Ayse Bicer, 35

Detention date Unknown.
Date of death 03/05/2019
Cause of death Cancer
Place of death Afyon

Ayse Bicer was purged by a Decree-Law, and she was under cancer treatment. Her sicknesses increased after the purge, and she died at the age of 35 in her hometown in Afyon.

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Aslan Durman

Aslan Durman

Teacher
Detention date Unknown.
Date of death 14/04/2019
Cause of death Accident
Place of death Sanliurfa

While teaching in Sanliurfa, Aslan Durman was expelled by Decree-Law. He could not find any teaching job and started working in construction. He had a work accident due to the collapse in the construction where he worked and unfortunately lost his life.

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Halime Caliskan

Halime Caliskan

Science teacher
Detention date Unknown.
Date of death
Cause of death Illness / Accident
Place of death Canakkale

Halime Caliskan, whose husband, father and brother were arrested, fell from the balcony and died. Caliskan, who was very sad about what she went through, was receiving treatment for bipolar disorder.

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Hatice Cetin

Hatice Cetin

Housewife
Detention date Unknown.
Date of death 20/04/2019
Cause of death Cirrhosis Cancer
Place of death Manisa

Hatice Cetin’s son, a teacher, and his daughter-in-law, a nurse, were allegedly members of the Hizmet movement and were expelled from their beloved profession with the Decree-Laws. Unable to bear the hardships of her son and daughter-in-law, Mrs Cetin got cirrhosis and passed away. She was buried in the Akhisar district of Manisa.

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İbrahim Selim Doğan

İbrahim Selim Doğan, 2

Kid -2,5 year old
Detention date Unknown.
Date of death 13/02/2018
Cause of death Drowning in the Meric River
Place of death Meric River

İbrahim Selim Doğan was only 2,5 year old. After July 15, Fahrettin Doğan and Aslı Doğan couple took their 2.5-year-old child İbrahim Selim and wanted to cross to Greece over the Meriç River due to the pressures they faced. While the boat on which 8 people boarded capsized, 7 people lost their lives. In the terrible incident, all members of the Doğan family died in Meriç.

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