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.

Badem Kaya, 31

Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 05/09/2018
Cause of Death Traffic Accident
Place of Death Sarkisla,Sivas

Badem Kaya, along with her parents and sons, was returning from visiting her husband in prison. Unfortunately, she lost her life, as well as her mother, Aysel Ozdemir and father, Huseyin Ozdemir`s life in a traffic accident. Her sons Yusuf Kaya and Furkan Kaya were seriously injured.

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Cevat Yildirim

Doctor
Date of Detention 01.09.2017 Sakarya
Death Date 19/05/2020
Cause of Death Corona
Place of Death Sakarya

Doctor Cevat Yildirim caught Covid-19 and died. He was on trial pending, and Yildirim was sentenced to six years and three months in prison before he died.

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Gulcan Araci

Teacher
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 22/04/2017
Cause of Death Cancer
Place of Death Sivas

Gulcan Araci was a primary school teacher who was first purged from her profession with the Decree-Law, and later, her husband was arrested. Such disasters followed cancer. She passed away without being able to see her detained husband for the last time. Mrs Araci left behind three tearful little children.

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Nurefşan Teke, 9

Kid -9 years old
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 05/03/2021
Cause of Death Drowning in the Meric River
Place of Death Meric River

Nine-year-old Nurefşan Teke was a small child who had suffered from persecution in Turkey. He had to leave the country with his mother to reunite with his father, who had been abroad for 5 years. However, the Meriç River did not allow him to cross this road, which he set out with the hope of meeting his father. Nurefşan Teke lost his life when the boat they were on capsized.

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Aynur Anli

Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 08/05/2018
Cause of Death Cancer,sadness
Place of Death

Enes Anli was arrested and sent to prison. Her mother, Aynur Anli, was very upset about the persecution of her son and died of liver cancer. She passed away, reiterating her son’s name deliriously.

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Kamuran Turgut

Teacher
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 27/09/2019
Cause of Death Heart attack
Place of Death Istanbul

Teacher Kamuran Turgut was unfairly expelled and arrested by the regime with a Decree-Law. He died of a heart attack after he was released.

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Yahya Ozcan

Chemist
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 17/08/2017
Cause of Death Heart attack,sadness
Place of Death Bursa

Yahya Ozcan was working at Bursagaz A.Ş, a subordinate of Bursa Municipality. After July 15, AKP municipalities started to dismiss people they saw as opposition. Yahya Ozcan was also one of the names put to the target. The chemist, who was depressed due to the financial and moral difficulties he experienced, died of a heart attack.

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Hamide Senyurt

Kindergarden teacher
Date of Detention 29.05.2017
Death Date 13/06/2017
Cause of Death Cancer-Bad Treatment
Place of Death Ankara

Kindergarten teacher Hamide Senyurt had a miscarriage just before the birth time because of her sadness from losing her job with a law decree. Her sadness turned to cancer after a while. Despite her disease was deteriorating rapidly in a way she could not even walk, she was detained and brougt to Ankara which was kilometers away. She passed away only 2 weeks after she lost her baby.

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Halil Unuvar

Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 19/06/2019
Cause of Death
Place of Death Kozan, Adana

Halil Unuvar could not accept the injustice imposed on his children. He died as a consequence of the stress and sadness he experienced.

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