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.
Specialist Military Sergeant Ahmet Tamur allegedly committed suicide for not going back to prison due to the prosecutor’s request for a life sentence.
MoreThe 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 Mahir Işık, who was only 4 months old when he died.
MoreAyse Balik’s husband was expelled by a Decree-Law, and Mr Balik was also sentenced to 6 years and ten months in prison. Mrs Balik, who was diagnosed with cancer due to sadness, passed away at the age of 34. She left behind three orphaned children and her unjustly imprisoned husband.
MoreIhsan Ozcan, 1.5 years old, died in the hospital due to a diabetic coma. His older sister, Betul Seda, died in an accident in 2017 in front of the prison. She went to visit her imprisoned father.
MoreLonging for her husband for four years, Birgul Besir struggled with cancer for two long years. Then, expecting to reunite with her husband, Mrs Besir passed away two months before her husband was released, entrusting her two children to her husband.
MoreAli Unlu, the police chief dismissed from the profession by a Decree-Law, passed away in Germany.
MoreTax inspector Yasin Demir started to work as an accountant when he was expelled from his profession with a Decree-Law. The 42-year-old young inspector died in a traffic accident as a result of being hit by a truck while trying to cross the road in the Sorgun district of Yozgat. He left behind 2 children and a tearful wife who was 7 months pregnant.
MoreReligious teacher Huseyin Penbe died of cancer in the prison where he went in good health. He was sent from one hospital to another, from one prison to another. He was not allowed to see his family even in his last hours. After his death a parole decision was issued.
MoreEngin 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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