After four hours of procedures at the courthouse, Fincancı was remanded in custody for allegedly “spreading propaganda for a terrorist organization”. She was taken to the Women’s Closed Prison in the Sincan district.
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on October 20 opened an investigation against Turkish Medical Association (TTB) President Şebnem Korur Fincancı because of her comments on a video published by ANF on October 18, showing two PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) members suffering from a chemical attack in Iraq's Kurdistan Region.
The substance of the investigation, accusing Fincancı of "propagandizing for a terrorist organization" and "publicly degrading the Turkish Nation, the state of the Republic of Turkey and its institutions", is constituted by Fincancı’s comments to Medya Haber. The head of TTB stated that the involuntary movements of the people seen in the video could occur with the effect of a chemical getting hold of the nervous system and that an effective investigation should be carried out in relation to this if there are allegations that a chemical was used.
Fincancı was taken into custody in Istanbul and taken to Ankara on Wednesday over her comments. After spending the night in police custody, she was referred to Ankara Courthouse in the early morning hours today with a demand for her arrest.
After four hours of procedures at the courthouse, Fincancı was remanded in custody for allegedly “spreading propaganda for a terrorist organization”. She was taken to the Women’s Closed Prison in the Sincan district.
