'Media and Tenkil' exhibit opens in Hanau, Germany

2026, February 10

Germany

On February 7, 2026, the Tenkil Museum—a German civil society initiative documenting post-2016 human rights abuses in Turkey—opened its latest traveling exhibition "The Tenkil Catastrophe: Confronting and Healing" in Hanau, Germany, attracting thousands of visitors.

Held at Schloßplatz 1, the event introduced the "Media & Tenkil" section for the first time, spotlighting media's role in the systematic oppression known as "tenkil" (exclusion, expulsion, and eradication).

Gonca Kara, Chairwoman of the Tenkil Museum Board of Directors, stated that, recalling the systematic violations in Turkey, "justice, transparency, and empathy" are needed for peace.

The exhibition highlights personal stories of purge victims, including Gülenists, via belongings like glasses, prisoner letters, and children's drawings. The Media & Tenkil section displays documents and testimonies from victimized journalists.

The Tenkil Museum has previously held exhibitions in Brussels, the European Parliament, Kassel, and Frankfurt.