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.
Kasim Sonmez was a police officer who was dismissed by Decree-Law. Then, as if the social pressure, economic troubles and stress he was experiencing were not enough, he died in an attack by substance addicts on March 23, 2020.
MoreOzlem Kuru was diagnosed with cancer due to sadness and stress after her purge. After a while, she succumbed to the disease and died. Her husband, Murat Kuru, was arrested a short period of time later. The psychology of Iclal (6), who lost both her mother and father one after another, deteriorated. The little girl began to receive treatment.
MoreThe teacher family Maden couple, who were expelled from their professions and their assets were confiscated with the statutory decree, could not withstand the pressure they experienced, and took their children aged 7, 10 and 13 with them and boarded the boat to go to Lesbos Island in Greece. While the boat capsized on the death journey, the whole family of 5 died by drowning.
MorePolice officer Cahit Sen, who was found not guilty after being arrested for allegedly using ByLock, got cancer while he was in prison. Sen, who filed a lawsuit and won 31,544 Turkish Liras compensation, died before he could see that the decision was finalized.
MoreIlkay 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.
MoreAysel Ozdemir and Huseyin Ozdemir couple, who visited their imprisoned son-in-law, had an accident on the way back. While their grandchildren Furkan (5) and Yusuf Kaya (12) were seriously injured in the accident, their daughter Badem Kaya (38), Aysel Ozdemir and Huseyin Ozdemir lost their lives.
MoreThe police officer, Sadullah Kara, had been on duty for 7 years. He was suspended as part of a so-called terrorism investigation while he was serving at the Istanbul Kartal Courthouse in January 2017. 35-year-old Kara, who received the notification on January 7, 2017, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a pistol.
MoreReturning to his hometown with his lawyer after his release from Hatay Prison, Ayhan Kara lost his life in a traffic accident in Alanya, Antalya.
MoreHidayet Meral, a police officer in the District Governor’s Office in the Ulus district of Bartin, allegedly ended his life by committing suicide on 30 July 2016.
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