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.

Ahmet Tamur

Specialist Military Sergeant
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 14/03/2018
Cause of Death Suicide - allegedly
Place of Death Ankara

Specialist Military Sergeant Ahmet Tamur allegedly committed suicide for not going back to prison due to the prosecutor’s request for a life sentence.

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Mahir Işık, 0

Baby - 4 Months 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 judge candidate Nazir Işık and Judge Fatma Işık who lost their lives was Mahir Işık, who was only 4 months old when he died.

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Ayse Balik, 34

Teacher
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 02/03/2019
Cause of Death Cancer
Place of Death Kahramnmaras

Ayse 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.

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Ihsan Ozcan, 1

Baby
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 12/04/2020
Cause of Death Diabetic coma
Place of Death

Ihsan 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.

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Birgul Besir

Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 16/09/2020
Cause of Death Cancer,sadness
Place of Death

Longing 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.

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Ali Unlu

Chief Constable
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 05/02/2018
Cause of Death Heart attack in exile
Place of Death Stuttgart

Ali Unlu, the police chief dismissed from the profession by a Decree-Law, passed away in Germany.

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Yasin Demir, 42

Tax Inspector
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 20/06/2020
Cause of Death Traffic Accident
Place of Death Yozgat

Tax 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.

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Huseyin Penbe, 64

Religious teacher
Date of Detention 09.01.2022
Death Date 29/05/2019
Cause of Death Imprisoned death, cancer
Place of Death Samsun Prison

Religious 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.

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Engin Erol

Teacher
Date of Detention 10.12.2024
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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