Prof. Dr. Sevil Atasoy immediate past president of the UN International Narcotics Control Board born in İstanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 (February 25, 1949), is an internationally distinguished leader in the field of Forensic Sciences. Atasoy is the daughter of forensic pathologist Prof. Dr. Şemsi Gök (1921–2002) and bacteriologist Dr. Ferda Gök (1924 - 2003. She is currently the executive director of the Innocence Project (Turkey), the International Forensic Science Services and Atasoy Counseling.

Sevil Atasoy has at the present time a TV show on the ChannelD network, titled Kanit (Evidence), which premiered on ChannelD, a national TV network, on July, 2010. The show has been created and is produced by Abdullah Oğuz

Abdullah Oguz

Abdullah Oguz is a Turkish film director and producer.Oguz studied at Marmara University. From 1990 to 2000 he produced and directed commercials, TV series and music videos, and later, feature films.- Filmography :...

. The series follows Istanbul criminalists as they use physical evidence

Evidence

Evidence in its broadest sense includes everything that is used to determine or demonstrate the truth of an assertion. Giving or procuring evidence is the process of using those things that are either presumed to be true, or were themselves proven via evidence, to demonstrate an assertion's truth...

 to solve murders, based on true crime

True crime

True crime is a non-fiction literary and film genre in which the author examines an actual crime and details the actions of real people.The crimes most commonly include murder, but true crime works have also touched on other legal cases. Depending on the writer, true crime can adhere strictly to...

 cases, written mainly by Sevil Atasoy's daughter Ayça Selin Atasoy Hartevioğlu. Atasoy is also teaching at Bahçeşehir University

Bahçesehir University

Bahçeşehir University is a private educational institution in Turkey, on the European side of Istanbul. The Turkish National Assembly authorized the establishment of the University of Bahçeşehir by the Bahçeşehir Uğur Education Foundation in 1998. An academic and strategic protocol was signed...

 School of Communication, on Crime Reporting.

Degrees and qualifications

Sevil Atasoy is Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (1972), Master of Science in Biochemistry (1976) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biochemistry (1979), Istanbul University. Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences

American Academy of Forensic Sciences

The American Academy of Forensic Sciences is a professional society for people in all areas of forensics.For over sixty years, the AAFS has served a distinguished and diverse membership. Its nearly 6,000 members are divided into eleven sections spanning the forensic enterprise...