"Media and Tenkil" exhibit opens in Hanau, Germany
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Image: Tenkil Memorial.
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.
Sister links
Sources
- Hanau’da “Yüzleşmek ve İyileşmek”: Tenkil Müzesi’nin yeni sergisini binlerce kişi ziyaret etti — Aktif Haber, February 7, 2026 (Turkish)
- Almanya’nın Hanau şehrinde açılan Tenkil Müzesi sergisine büyük ilgi — Zaman Australia, February 7, 2026 (Turkish)
- E.Karaduman. New Exhibition at the Tenkil Museum Opens on February 7: Journalists Share Their Testimonies — IJA, February 2, 2026
- Erste Ausstellung in Brüssel — Tenkil Museum, (German)
- Im Europäischen Parlament — Tenkil Museum, (German)
- Die Schicksale der Tenkil-Opfer-Kassel — Tenkil Museum, (German)
- Tenkil Katastrophe-Frankfurt am Main — Tenkil Museum, (German)
- Tenkil ve Together 62 bin kişinin katıldığı festivalde önemli mesajlar verdi — Samanyolu Haber, (Turkish)
External links
- Tenkil Museum Official Website — Tenkil Museum, February 10, 2026 (German)
- Tenkil Memorial Official Website — Tenkil Memorial, February 20, 2026
