Victims suffering under the systematic oppression of the current Turkish government use the term TENKIL to describe this persecution.
TENKIL literally means systematic oppression, exclusion, expulsion, erasure, removal from public space, and annihilation.
2013December 2013: The founding idea is bornThe Turkish government’s dehumanization campaign against the Gülen movement begins to strongly influence public opinion. Initiation of the initiative by courageous journalists who experienced human rights violations during the dehumanization process in Turkey. The idea of founding a museum to embed these systematic violations in history is born.
- 1999
2014Continuation of the initiativeDespite dangers and search warrants against the journalists involved, the initiative continues in the following years. The journalists keep collecting relics, belongings, and evidence related to the dehumanization process.
- 1999
2016After the events of 15 July 2016The Tenkil catastrophe reaches its narrative climax with the coup attempt. The initiative expands, particularly through exiled journalists who fled abroad.
Special attention is given to the belongings of victims of the Tenkil catastrophe who lost their lives.
People who suffered painful losses connected to the dehumanization process take responsibility for the initiative and participate actively.
- 1999
2019The first Tenkil exhibitionsFirst exhibition: 18–21 March 2019, Brussels (Belgium); Second exhibition: 9 April 2019 at the European Parliament in Brussels (Belgium); Third exhibition: 1–10 November 2019 in Limburg (Belgium); Fourth exhibition: 13–15 December 2019 in Kassel (Germany).
- 1999
2020Establishment of Tenkil Museum e.V.In November 2020, Tenkil Museum e.V. is founded as a non-profit association in Frankfurt am Main. The board consists of Tülay Açıkkollu, Gonca Kara, Halit Soylu, Fatih Uğur, Murat Akçabay, and Yasemin Aydın.
- 1999
2025TodayOver time, the association has collected 792 belongings from 67 victims of the Tenkil catastrophe and is seeking suitable premises in Frankfurt am Main to open a permanent exhibition.
- 1999