Hulya Kiliç

Hulya Kiliç was a human female who lived in the 24th century. She born on the Cardassian colony world of Ithic; and, at the approximate age of 12, was described as being thin with big brown eyes, dark hair and a small brown face.

She and her parents were driven from their farm by Jem 'Hadar during the Dominion War. She was placed in an on-world Dominion intern camp with her mother for about a year, until it was abandoned at the conclusion of the war. Her father was placed in a separate camp, where he was shot and killed by a Jem 'Hadar guard for getting into a fight with a Cardassian.

Afterwards Hulya returned to her family's farm with her mother. She was soon orphaned when human looters raided the farm and killed her mother while the child was running an errand. Hearing of a Cardassian farm nearby, she made her way to the land abandoned by the Khevet family where she befriended Rugal Pa'Dar. A group of human locals objected to Hulya living with Cardassians and attempted to remove her from Rugal's custody, but the two had formed an inseparable bond. She accompanied him off-world to Cardassia Prime and Earth, where he applied for and was granted Federation citizenship. They then traveled to Bajor to visit the graves of Rugal's adopted parents and then back to Cardassia Prime where Rugal began the process of formally adopting her. (DS9 novel: The Never-Ending Sacrifice)