Şebnem Korur Fincancı

[4] In 1996 Korur Fincancı was involved in the autopsy of several bodies unearthed from mass graves in the Kalesija region in Bosnia[5] on behalf of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.

[5][7] In 2002, she contributed to a survey and handbook on sexual violence for the World Health Organization (WHO), After being convicted of terror related charges, she temporarily put her office at the university on hold.

[14] On 17 July 2019, she was acquitted[15] but this time the prosecution appealed the verdict and on 3 November 2020 a court ruled a retrial was to take place.

[19] On 20 October 2022, Korur Fincancı spoke to Medya Haber TV, a channel with close ties to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK),[20] an organisation designated a terrorist group by Turkey and allied countries.

[21] During this broadcast, Korur Fincancı claimed that the Turkish military had used "chemical gases" on the PKK and called an investigation into the event.

[20] President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described her statements as "speaking the language of the terrorist organization", she was insulting the Turkish armed forces and Turkey.

[25] The president of the German Medical Association, Physicians for Human Rights, Redress, the IRCT, DIGNITY and Amnesty International have demanded her release.

[1] On 27 October, the Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdag announced plans to reform the administration of the TBB and dismiss Financi as its president.