[9] In May 2019, following the vacancy left by the incarceration of Liviu Dragnea, she ran for Chamber President, losing to Marcel Ciolacu of the Social Democratic Party (PSD).

[11] Turcan has worked with civil society groups focusing on mass media, free expression, human rights and health.

She has co-authored an English-Russian-Romanian dictionary of economic terms, as well as the book Integrare şi politică fiscală europeană ("Integration and European Fiscal Policy").

[15] Shortly after her expulsion, she complained of "a trio monopolising the party, made up of Tăriceanu, Olteanu and Orban, which has practically confiscated it and eliminates anyone who dares share a point of view different from theirs".

[18] She also predicted that then-PNL leader Crin Antonescu would lose to Băsescu at the 2009 election and noted the party risked marginalisation if it continued its anti-Băsescu strategy.

[19] Turcan supports modifying the Constitution in order to enhance presidential powers to those found in a consolidated semi-presidential system.