Other Deaths

A painful aspect of the Tenkil process was the experiences of the families of the detainees, missing persons and victims abroad. Hundreds of people lost their lives as a result of work accidents, traffic accidents and suicides as a by social pressure.

Yunus Yastioglu

Comissioner
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 27/04/2017
Cause of Death Suicide(Allegedly)
Place of Death Osmaniye

Commissioner Yunus Yastioglu, who was on duty in Izmir, learned that he was suspended while in his hometown Osmaniye as part of annual leave. Yastioglu, who fell into a depression, died in the courtyard of the Turkoglu mosque in Osmaniye, by committing suicide with a gun of his own in the morning.

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Yunus Mizrak

Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 25/09/2016
Cause of Death Traffic Accident
Place of Death Kayseri

Yunus Mizrak had an accident with his car on his way from Mus to Kayseri to visit his relatives in prison in Kayseri. Mizrak died at the scene, and his father-in-law Celalettin Aras (79), who was with him, was seriously injured.

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Yunus Ankaralı

Soldier
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 28/04/2020
Cause of Death Suicide(Allegedly)
Place of Death Sakarya

Yunus Ankaralı, who was expelled from the Turkish Armed Forces with a Decree-Law, divorced his wife after being unemployed. Depressed, the young man committed suicide with a gun at his home in Sakarya Serdivan. The mother of the young man, who was alone at home, was being treated in the hospital due to the coronavirus.

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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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Vehbi Tekcam

Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 23/09/2018
Cause of Death Traffic Accident
Place of Death Corum

While returning from a wedding in Corum, Vehbi Tekcam and his brother Bekir Tekcam, who changed their car’s flat tire, were hit by a truck that lost its control of the road. Both brothers died at the scene. Bekir Tekcam was unemployed and started working as a porter when the institution where he taught in Konya was closed by Decree-Law.

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Vedat Savlu

Businessman
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 02/08/2016
Cause of Death Falling down the Balcony
Place of Death Isparta

One of the suspicious deaths in the country after July 15 occurred in Isparta. Businessman Vedat Savlu, for whom a search warrant was issued, fell from the balcony of his house on the 4th floor during the police raid on his house. The businessman, who was hospitalized, could not be saved.

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Unal Coban

Chief Inspector of Police
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 06/04/2018
Cause of Death Suicide
Place of Death Ankara

Police Chief Inspector Unal Coban committed suicide 8 months after retiring voluntarily, with a gun that he held to his head in the Ankara Police Headquarters parking lot. Coban, who passed away on April 6, 2018, was receiving cancer treatment.

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Ulvan Cullukoglu

Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 26/08/2017
Cause of Death Traffic Accident
Place of Death

Ulvan Cullukoglu and her husband Bilal Cullukoglu were among the first educators to voluntarily go to Kazakhstan. The vehicle under the direction of Ahmet Oz, which she got on in the wedding convoy, crashed in Manisa Koprubasi. Five people were injured in the accident in which Ulvan Cullukoglu lost her life.

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Ugur Ucar, 47

Police Superintendent
Date of Detention Unknown
Death Date 28/05/2018
Cause of Death Heart attack
Place of Death Edremi-Balikesir

Ugur Ucar was expelled from his profession by the Decree Law after his appointment to Hakkari. The father-of-two, who was subsequently arrested, spent a year in prison.After his release, he started working in a furniture workshop to earn a living for his family, but he died of a heart attack two months later.

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