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"reported_date": "2026-06-15", "published_at": "2026-06-15T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "turkish actress", "actors", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Turkey" ], "description": "Ece İrtem, Turkish actress.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ece_%C4%B0rtem", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Heart attack", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-heart-attack" } }, { "name": "Hüseyin Kenan Aydın dead at age 63, Turkish-born German politician", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/huseyin-kenan-aydin", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "dielinke-nrw.de", "url": "https://www.dielinke-nrw.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail-presseerklaerungen-nrw/news/die-linke-nrw-trauert-um-hueseyin-aydin/", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Die Linke NRW trauert um Hüseyin Aydin" } ], "age": 63, "death_date": "2026-06-12", "reported_date": "2026-06-12", "published_at": "2026-06-12T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "turkish-born german politician", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Germany", "Turkey" ], "description": "Hüseyin Kenan Aydın, Turkish-born German politician.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCseyin_Kenan_Ayd%C4%B1n" }, { "name": "Memiş Selciuc dead at age 47, heart attack", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/memis-selciuc", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 47, "death_date": "2026-06-11", "reported_date": "2026-06-11", "published_at": "2026-06-11T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "Romania", "Turkey" ], "description": "Memiş Selciuc, heart attack.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memiş_Selciuc", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Heart attack", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-heart-attack" } }, { "name": "Reha Muhtar dead at age 66, Turkish anchorman", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/reha-muhtar", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 66, "death_date": "2026-06-03", "reported_date": "2026-06-03", "published_at": "2026-06-03T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "turkish anchorman", "journalists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Iraq", "Turkey" ], "description": "Reha Muhtar, Turkish anchorman.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reha_Muhtar", "cause_of_death": { "label": "heart failure", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-heart-failure" } }, { "name": "Henri Barki dead at age 75, Turkish-Canadian social scientist", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/henri-barki", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2026-05-19", "reported_date": "2026-05-19", "published_at": "2026-05-19T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "turkish-canadian social scientist", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Canada", "Turkey" ], "description": "Henri Barki, Turkish-Canadian social scientist.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Barki" }, { "name": "Tülay Özer Turkish singer dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tulay-ozer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-05-01", "reported_date": "2026-05-01", "published_at": "2026-05-01T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Turkey" ], "description": "Tülay Özer, a Turkish singer, died on May 1, 2026, at the age of 79. 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Born in İzmir on June 8, 1933, Cindoruk studied in Ankara, graduated from TED Ankara College, and received a law degree from Ankara University in 1955. He later worked as a lawyer and came to national attention after the 1960 Turkish coup d’état, when he joined the defense team for Adnan Menderes and other Democratic Party figures.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCsamettin_Cindoruk" }, { "name": "Ahmet Altay Cengizer Turkish diplomat dead at age 71", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ahmet-altay-cengizer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 71, "death_date": "2026-04-08", "reported_date": "2026-04-08", "published_at": "2026-04-08T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Turkey" ], "description": "Ahmet Altay Cengizer, a Turkish diplomat, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Istanbul on October 22, 1954, he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Boğaziçi University in 1977 and later received a master’s degree in international history from the London School of Economics. Cengizer began his diplomatic career in 1984 and served in several Turkish embassies. From 2001 to 2005, he worked in the office of Turkey’s delegate to the United Nations in New York. He later served as Turkish ambassador to Tajikistan from 2005 to 2006 and as Turkey’s permanent delegate to UNESCO, where he also served as president of the General Conference.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_Altay_Cengizer" }, { "name": "Yalçın Küçük Turkish socialist writer, economist and historian dead at age 87", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/yalcin-kucuk", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-04-06", "reported_date": "2026-04-06", "published_at": "2026-04-06T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Turkey" ], "description": "Yalçın Küçük died on April 6, 2026. He was a Turkish socialist writer, economist and historian. Küçük was known for his work across writing, economics and history, and his death was noted on that date.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yal%C3%A7%C4%B1n_K%C3%BC%C3%A7%C3%BCk" }, { "name": "Orhan Kaynak Turkish football player", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/orhan-kaynak", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 56, "death_date": "2026-03-15", "reported_date": "2026-03-15", "published_at": "2026-03-15T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Turkey" ], "description": "Orhan Kaynak, a Turkish football player and coach, died on March 15, 2026. Known as Küçük Orhan, he played as a forward and had stints in the Süper Lig with Adanaspor, Trabzonspor and Kocaelispor. He graduated from Adanaspor and joined its first team, then spent the rest of his career in Turkey’s highest divisions. Kaynak also served as manager of Sarıyer, taking charge on March 2, 2018, and winning two of his 10 matches in the role.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orhan_Kaynak" }, { "name": "İlber Ortaylı History of the Ottoman EmpireHistory of TurkeySeljuk Empire dead at age 78", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ilber-ortayli", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-03-13", "reported_date": "2026-03-13", "published_at": "2026-03-13T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "history of the ottoman empirehistory of turkeyseljuk empire", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Turkey" ], "description": "İlber Ortaylı, a Turkish historian and professor of history, died on March 13, 2026. He was 78. Born on 21 May 1947 in Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Allied-occupied Austria, to Crimean Tatar parents, he taught at Galatasaray University in Istanbul and at Ankara University and Bilkent University in Ankara. In 2005, he was appointed director of the Topkapı Museum in Istanbul, a post he held until retiring in 2012. Ortaylı was known for his work on the history of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey and the Seljuk Empire.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0lber_Ortayl%C4%B1" }, { "name": "Engin Fırat Turkish football manager and player dead at age 55", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/engin-firat", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 55, "death_date": "2026-03-09", "reported_date": "2026-03-09", "published_at": "2026-03-09T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Turkey" ], "description": "Engin Fırat, a Turkish football manager and player, died on March 9, 2026. Born on June 11, 1970, he was described as a Turkish footballer and manager. Fırat signed a head coaching contract with Sepahan after reaching an agreement with Ali Daei and the Iran football federation. He was also among the candidates to become head coach of Nigeria for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, a job he later rejected.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engin_F%C4%B1rat" }, { "name": "Yukkie B Dutch rapper dead at age 56", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/yukkie-b", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 56, "death_date": "2026-02-28", "reported_date": "2026-02-28", "published_at": "2026-02-28T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "the Netherlands", "Turkey" ], "description": "Yukkie B, the Dutch rapper known as Yüksel Özince, died on February 28, 2026. Born in Amsterdam on October 30, 1969, he discovered hip-hop culture and breakdancing in 1984. In 1997, he released the Dutch-language single \"Wat Nou!\" as his debut. The following year, he won the TMF Award for best rap act, the first TMF Award presented in the rap category to a Dutch artist. In 2003, Özince left his label Top Notch/Virgin and later made guest appearances on several CDs, including Brainpower's Door marrow en brain.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukkie_B" }, { "name": "Candan Dumanlı Turkish football player", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/candan-dumanli", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-02-27", "reported_date": "2026-02-27", "published_at": "2026-02-27T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Turkey" ], "description": "Candan Dumanlı died on February 27, 2026. Dumanlı was a Turkish football player associated with Ankaragücü. 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