Background
Atasoy is the daughter of forensic pathologist Professor Doctor Şemsi Gök (1921–2002) and bacteriologist Doctor Ferda Gök (1924 - 2003).
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Atasoy is the daughter of forensic pathologist Professor Doctor Şemsi Gök (1921–2002) and bacteriologist Doctor Ferda Gök (1924 - 2003).
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University Istanbul (Turkey), 1973. Master of Science in Biochemistry, University Istanbul (Turkey), 1976. Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, University Istanbul (Turkey), 1979.
She is currently the executive director of the Innocence Project (Turkey), the International Forensic Science Services, Vice-Rector of Uskudar University, Istanbul, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and chairs the Crime & Violence Prevention Center. She serves as a member at the Inter-ministerial Commission for Drug Prevention, represented several times Turkey at international meetings including the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Sevil Atasoy has at the present time a television show on the TV2 (Turkey) network, titled Kanıt (Evidence), which premiered on Kanal Doctorate, a national television network, on July, 2010.
The show has been created and is produced by Abdullah Oğuz.
The series follows Istanbul criminalists as they use physical evidence to solve murders, based on true crime cases, written by Sevil Atasoy"s daughter Ayça Selin Atasoy Hartevioğlu. Sevil Atasoy is Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (1972), Master of Science in Biochemistry (1976) and Doctor of Philosophy (Doctor of Philosophy) in Biochemistry (1979), Istanbul University.
Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
Member International Association Forensic Toxicologists (regional representative), Forensic Science Society, American Academy Forensic Sciences, American Society Crime Laboratory Directors, New York Academy of Sciences, Society Forensic Toxicology Switzerland, Turkish Bio-chemical Society (branch chair 1979-1991), Turkish Society Physiology, Turkish Society Haematology.
Married Faruk M. Atasoy, November 1, 1971. 1 child, Selin.