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.

Filiz Duvencioglu, 34

Health technician
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 17/01/2018
Cause of Death Cancer
Place of Death Ankara

Filiz Duvencioglu had been cured of cancer for a long period of time. However, when she was dismissed from her profession, and never-ending successive detentions frayed her nerves, she was diagnosed with cancer again, which she could not overcome. Unfortunately, the young woman passed away.

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Habip Akbas, 47

ASAT Officer
Date of Detention 29.12.2025 İstanbul
Death Date 19/06/2019
Cause of Death Traffic Accident
Place of Death Istanbul

Habip Akbas, a SWAT officer who fought against terrorism for 21 years, was first purged by the regime and later died in a traffic accident after serving 21 months in prison.

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Ayse Sahin

Houswife
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 18/08/2018
Cause of Death Ilness
Place of Death

Ayse Sahin could not go to visit her son in prison because she was ill. Sahin, who was waiting to be reunited with her son, Cuma Sahin, passed away before seeing her son for the last time.

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Ibrahim Incesulu, 39

Barber
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 08/01/2020
Cause of Death Heart attack
Place of Death Ankara

Ibrahim Incesulu was working as a barber in Ankara. He was persecuted after July 15 like tens of thousands of innocents. He was first arrested and then released. He had a heart attack and passed away due to the hardships he endured.

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Kemal Hira

Retired
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 12/04/2018
Cause of Death Heart attack
Place of Death

Kemal Hira, father-in-law of Doctor Osman Karakaya, who was brought to Turkey and arrested in an operation organized by the Kosovo police and MIT, passed away.

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Vahdettin Sahin

Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 12/04/2020
Cause of Death Cerebral Hemorrhage
Place of Death Georgia

The atrocity that came with July 15th left people with no choice but to go to another country to live. Vahdettin Sahin also left Zonguldak for this reason and had to settle in Batumi, Georgia. It had only been three years since he left his country, when he fell down the stairs and suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and lost his life.

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Cihan Ozkan

Teacher
Date of Detention 29.03.2018 İstanbul
Death Date
Cause of Death
Place of Death

Teacher Cihan Ozkan was abducted from Kosovo on March 29, 2018 by an illegal MIT operation and brought to Turkey. He was arrested by the court on April 12, 2018,in which he was tried. He was sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison.

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Engin Erol

Teacher
Date of Detention 29.12.2025
Death Date 20/12/2019
Cause of Death Imprisoned death, cancer
Place of Death Erzurum Prison

Engin Erol, who got cancer in prison and was not released until the last minute, lost his life. Erol, who was arrested during the Denomination investigations, was imprisoned for 2 years in Artvin Prison, 1 year and 3 months in Erzurum H-Type Prison.

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Deniz Hakan Sen

Medical Representative
Date of Detention 29.12.2025 Istanbul
Death Date 06/03/2018
Cause of Death Gastric Cancer
Place of Death Istanbul

Deniz Hakan Sen did not have any disease when he was arrested and imprisoned. However, he couldn’t cope with the torture he went through and got cancer. He lost 35 kg in a month. Although the doctors said he would die, he was not released from prison, and he died from being excruciated in hospitals.

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