Prof. Dr. Korur-Fincancı

Turkey and the Prof. Dr. Korur-Fincancı case: human rights behind bars 

On 26 October 2022, the chairperson of the Turkish Medical Association Prof. Dr. Şebnem Korur-Fincancı, renowned forensic physician and co-author of the Istanbul Protocol, was arrested on charges of “propaganda for a terrorist organisation”. She had called for an investigation into Turkey’s use of chemical weapons after seeing footage of Kurdish fighters whose symptoms could be associated with fatal poisoning by chemical substances. In the past, Prof. Korur-Fincancı, who received the 2016 Aachen Peace Prize with the Scientists for Peace, and the Turkish Medical Association have also been targets of the state. President Erdoğan is now threatening to close the Medical Association. The anti-terror laws are repeatedly used to intimidate human rights defenders and critical institutions.

On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, we would like to express our solidarity with Prof. Korur-Fincancı with an event and have a detailed look at the situation in Turkey with regard to human rights and international law.  

20 December 2022 | 7pm CET  via Zoom

Discussants:

>Eren Keskin, laureate 2004, Co-Chair of the Human Rights Association IHD, Turkey

>Prof. Dr. Frank Ulrich Montgomery, Chairperson of the Council of the World Medical Association  

>Dersim Dağdeviren, physician, co-chair of Kurd-Akad 

Moderation: Uta Kempen & Denis Dreisbusch, Aachen Peace Prize

There will be German – Turkish simultaneous translation.

Registration until 18.12.2022 via info@kurd-akad.com 

A cooperation event by:

Network of Kurdish Academics and Professionals Kurd-Akad 
Aachen Peace Prize