Title:

Letter from Christian B. Anfinsen to President of Turkey, Prime Minister of Turkey

Creator:

Anfinsen, Christian B. (Christian Boehmer), 1916-1995

Recipient:

Prime Minister of Turkey, President of Turkey, Evren, Kenan, 1917-2015, and O?zal, Turgut

Date:

17 March 1988

Description:

In this letter sent to Turgut Ozal, then Prime Minister of Turkey, Anfinsen wrote to urge the release of surgeon Nihat Sargin, who was sentenced to thirty-six years in jail, was likely tortured in state custody, and was considered a "prisoner of conscience" by several international human rights organizations.

Location:

Box: 6. Folder: 12

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Libby Anfinsen.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Torture and Human Rights

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Memorandum from Eliot Stellar, National Academy of Sciences (re: Turkish surgeon Nihat Sargin), 1988

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

KKBBFC

NLM ID:

101584571X65

Profiles Collection:

The Christian B. Anfinsen Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584571X65

Story Section:

Humanitarian and Political Activism, 1967-1994