Turkish doctor detained for proposing chemical weapons probe

Dr Sebnem Korur Fincanci, the head of the Turkish Medical Association, has been detained after calling for an investigation into allegations that the Turkish military used chemical weapons against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq (Burhan Ozbilici/AP)

Police arrested the president of the Turkish Medical Association after she called for an inquiry into allegations that the Turkish military used chemical weapons against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, media reports in Turkey said on Wednesday.

Dr Sebnem Korur Fincanci was detained on charges of disseminating “terrorist propaganda” as part of an investigation launched by anti-terrorism police, according to the Ankara chief prosecutor’s office.