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.

Cavit Keskin, 47

Imam-Muezzin
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 15/09/2019
Cause of Death
Place of Death Afyon

Cavit Keskin, who was a muezzin, was expelled from his profession by a decree law( KHK) and then lost his life.

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Ibrahim Gazioglu

Teacher
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 14/07/2020
Cause of Death Covid-19
Place of Death Nurhak , Kahramanmaras

Ibrahim Gazioglu was dismissed from the teaching profession with Decree-Law No. 672. His petition to the State of Emergency Commissions was rejected, and he could not go back to his loved students. Gazioglu, who made a living by selling cookies in the markets, passed away due to the Coronavirus.

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Feridun Maden, 7

Kid
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 21/11/2017
Cause of Death Drowning in Aegean Sea
Place of Death Aegean Sea, near Lesbos

The 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.

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Pinar Cinar

Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 30/06/2017
Cause of Death Heart attack
Place of Death

One of the families whose life was turned upside down was the Cınar family. Pınar Cınar, who was preparing to visit her husband, who was imprisoned in Bursa H Type Prison, had a heart attack and died on the day of her visit.

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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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Mustafa Kara, 6

Kid -6 years old
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 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 the teacher Ebubekir-Gonca Kara couple who lost their lives either was Mustafa Kara. Mustafa was just a 6-year-old.

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Hatice Demirci

Housewife
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 18/10/2018
Cause of Death Cancer
Place of Death

Ersin Demirci was the Erzurum Regional Representative of Zaman Newspaper, Turkey’s bestselling newspaper. Zaman N. was shut down with a Decree-Law issued by the regime after July 15, it was allegedly related to the Hizmet Movement. Mr Demirci’s wife, Mrs. Demirci, got cancer during the hard time and died on October 18, 2018.

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Ugurcan Gencturk, 22

Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 18/09/2018
Cause of Death Epilpsy
Place of Death

Ugurcan was one of the two children of the Gencturk family with epilepsy. His father, Husnu Gencturk, was working as a municipal police officer in Mamak Municipality. He was expelled after 15 July. He had two children, who had epilepsy. Ugurcan, who had a 99 percent disability other than epilepsy, passed away on September 18, 2018.

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Ismail Guler

Police Commissioner
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 07/02/2019
Cause of Death Traffic accident
Place of Death Ankara

After being dismissed from his profession, Ismail Guler, police commissioner, passed away in a traffic accident in Golbasi, Ankara.

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