Turkiye frees top doctor who sought chemical arms probe

ISTANBUL: A Turkish court on Wednesday freed an internationally respected doctor who angered President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by supporting an investigation into the military’s alleged use of chemical weapons in Iraq.

Sebnem Korur Fincanci, head of the Turkish Medical Association, was detained and jailed in October for using a television interview to expose claims that surfaced in media close to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.

The militia alleged that 17 of its fighters were killed in Turkish chemical weapons attacks in the mountains of northern Iraq that month.