Sevil Atasoy (born February 25, 1949) is a

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internationally distinguished leader in the field of

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s, substance abuse and addiction. Atasoy is the daughter of

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Prof. Dr. Şemsi Gök (1921–2002) and bacteriologist Dr. Ferda Gök (1924–2003). She is currently the executive director of th
Innocence Project
(Turkey), the International Forensic Science Services, Vice-Rector of

Üsküdar University Üsküdar University is a foundation university established in 2011 in Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey by the Human Values and Mental Health Foundation under the leadership of Prof. Nevzat Tarhan, who served as the president. The law concerning th ...

, Istanbul, chairs the Crime & Violence Prevention Center. She serves as a member at the Inter-ministerial Commission for Drug Prevention, represented several times

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at international meetings including the

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. Internationally, she is also a former chair of the

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(in 2009).International Narcotics Control Board elects Sevil Atasoy as President
/ref> Sevil Atasoy has a TV show on the TV2 network, titled '' Kanıt'' (Evidence), which premiered on

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, a national TV network, in July 2010. The show was created and produced by

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. The series follows Istanbul

criminalist Forensic science combines principles of law and science to investigate criminal activity. Through crime scene investigations and laboratory analysis, forensic scientists are able to link suspects to evidence. An example is determining the time and ...

s as they use physical

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to solve murders, based on

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cases, written by Sevil Atasoy's daughter Ayça Selin Atasoy.

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