Şebnem Korur Fincancı Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/sebnem-korur-fincanci/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Wed, 21 Feb 2024 23:15:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Şebnem Korur Fincancı Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/sebnem-korur-fincanci/ 32 32 59910430 UPDATE: Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı Released from Prison, But Still Faces Charges https://concernedscientists.org/2023/02/update-dr-sebnem-korur-fincanci-released-from-prison-but-still-faces-charges/ Thu, 16 Feb 2023 01:02:31 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9769 February 13, 2022 Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı, President of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), was released from prison last month after her October arrest as part of the appeals process. She was found guilty of the charges of “spreading terrorist propaganda”. The Committee of Concerned Scientists urges that she be acquitted of all charges.

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]]> 9769 Sebnem Korur Fincanci, President of Turkey’s Medical Association, Forced Out of Her Position and Imprisoned for Allegedly Spreading Terrorist Propaganda https://concernedscientists.org/2022/11/sebnem-korur-fincanci-president-of-turkeys-medical-association-forced-out-of-her-position-and-imprisoned-for-allegedly-spreading-terrorist-propaganda/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 02:56:27 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=9718 Sebnem Korur Fincanci, President of Turkey’s Medical Association, an internationally recognized forensic physician, anti-torture expert, and human rights champion, was recently forced out of her position and imprisoned for allegedly spreading terrorist propaganda. These developments appear to be retaliation for her urging for an investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons by Turkey’s military […]

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]]> 9718 Court Acquits Dr. Sebnem Korur Fincanci, Former Chairperson of The Institute of Forensic Medicine in Istanbul and President of Turkey’s Human Rights Foundation https://concernedscientists.org/2019/07/court-acquits-dr-sebnem-korur-fincanci-former-chairperson-of-the-institute-of-forensic-medicine-in-istanbul-and-president-of-turkeys-human-rights-foundation/ Sat, 20 Jul 2019 16:42:08 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7486 Dr. Sebnem Korur Fincanci and two journalists, Erol Onderoglu and Ahmet Nesin, were arrested in June 2016 and accused of spreading terrorist propaganda for their work with a Kurdish newspaper, which has since been closed. The three guest-edited the paper to assist the staff. Turkey Journalists And Activist Acquitted Of Terrorism Charges

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]]> 7486 The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute and the Anti-Torture Initiative Sent a Joint Open Letter to the President of Turkey Condemning Criminal Proceedings Against Dr. Fincanci as Well as the Conviction/Sentence https://concernedscientists.org/2019/02/the-international-bar-associations-human-rights-institute-and-the-anti-torture-initiative-sent-a-joint-open-letter-to-the-president-of-turkey-condemning-criminal-proceedings-against-dr-finca/ Mon, 04 Feb 2019 04:39:47 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7338 Dr. Sebnem Korur Fincanci, President of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, a world renowned expert on torture and co-author of the Istanbul Protocol (guidelines setting international standards for forensic investigations of torture) was criminally charged for signing the Academics for Peace petition and sentenced to two and a half years in prison, almost twice […]

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]]> 7338 Trial of Turkish Academics Who Signed Peace Petition Leading to Jail Time and Deferred Sentences https://concernedscientists.org/2018/12/trial-of-turkish-academics-who-signed-peace-petition-leading-to-jail-time-and-deferred-sentences/ Fri, 21 Dec 2018 01:36:24 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=7267 The first group of Turkish Academics who received indictments have been brought before the courts recently. 700 (of 1,128) have been questioned by police, 542 have been indicted and are in some phase of the trial process. 59 have been sentenced to 15 months, 3 have been sentenced to 18 months, one to 27 months […]

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]]> 7267 New Court Date for Turkish Writers and Head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at Istanbul University https://concernedscientists.org/2016/10/new-court-date-for-turkish-writers-and-head-of-the-department-of-forensic-medicine-at-istanbul-university/ Fri, 28 Oct 2016 15:32:36 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5668 Dr. Sebnem Korur Fincanci, Professor and head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at Istanbul University, along with two prominent journalists, Erol Onderoglu and Ahmet Nesin, will go to trial on November 8. They have been charged with “terror propaganda.” These charges preceded the attempted coup in Turkey and these individuals had nothing to do […]

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]]> 5668 Sebnem Korur Fincanci and Colleagues Released, but Charges Not Dropped https://concernedscientists.org/2016/07/sebnem-korur-fincanci-and-colleagues-released-but-charges-not-dropped/ Thu, 07 Jul 2016 19:55:27 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5316 Dr. Sebnem Korur Fincanci, President of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey and professor at Istanbul University, has been released from prison, along with her two colleagues. However, the charges against them have not been dropped. These charges could result in 14 years in prison. CCS has requested that the Turkish authorities drop all charges against Dr. […]

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]]> 5316 Professor and President of Human Rights Foundation of Turkey Arrested https://concernedscientists.org/2016/06/professor-and-president-of-human-rights-foundation-of-turkey-arrested/ Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:21:03 +0000 http://concernedscientists.org/?p=5284 Dr. Sebnem Korur Fincanci, professor and head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at Istanbul University was arrested on June 20 and charged with “terror propaganda” along with two other prominent writers, Erol Onderoglu and Ahmet Nesin. The arrests seem to have been triggered in response to their participating as “on-duty editor-in-chief” of the newspaper […]

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