International Forensic Medicine Days Congress was held in Antalya

Şahin, in his statement to the AA correspondent at the "International Forensic Medicine Days Congress", which was held for the 21st time this year in Antalya and where Anadolu Agency (AA) is the "Global Communication Partner", said that there is a special relationship between forensic medicine and human rights violations.

Pointing out the importance of documenting the issues that are brought to the judiciary, Şahin stated that forensic medicine studies shed light on this issue.

Şahin emphasized that very serious legal regulations have been made for zero tolerance to torture, bringing to light unsolved perpetrators, dealing with criminals and preventing crimes, and that these are carefully followed in practice, and said, "Turkey has come a long way in terms of expanding individual and social freedoms in the last 25 years." he said.

Pointing out the importance of "preventing human rights violations before they occur" for them, Şahin stated that this is one of the most important missions of their institutions.

Explaining that they made various visits to institutions such as prisons, detention houses, detention centers, dormitories and repatriation centers where people are together or where they are forced to stay against their will, Şahin said that they provide guidance to the institutions in terms of determining and improving the standards there.

Şahin explained that from time to time, they carefully examine the applications made to their institutions regarding human rights violations and, when necessary, impose sanctions in the form of condemnation and fines.

"Humanity has still not reached that desired ideal point."

Şahin stated that what happened in Gaza was the shame and responsibility of every individual who lived in this period and witnessed it.

Stating that the international community and especially the United Nations are very insufficient and insensitive on this issue, Şahin said:

"Humanity has still not reached the desired ideal point. We have not yet reached the point where a person exists as a human being and the value he carries as a human being is recognized and respected by others. In other words, we see that some international rules, law, universal values are being brutally violated and destroyed by their defenders and their creators. It is very sad. The latest example of this is in Gaza, Palestine. More than 70 thousand people have been martyred and more than 10 thousand people are still missing. The identities of those people have been determined there. "Let alone funerals, people's right to education has been taken away. The number of hospitals providing services has decreased from 30 to 5. This means that people are left to die not only by bullets and guns in war, but also by diseases, lack of medicine and treatment."