Ayse Caliskan and her husband Mustafa were dismissed from public service with the Decree-Law No. 672 issued in September 2016 within the scope of the State of Emergency while they were working in Akyazi, Sakarya.
Ayse Caliskan, a mother of two, aged two and eight, was diagnosed with Gastric cancer. She experienced stress and difficulties soon after her dismissal and got cancer soon. Having surgery in June 2017, Mrs Caliskan died on March 30, 2018, in the hospital in Istanbul as her illness gradually increased. She was buried in her hometown Besni, Adiyaman.