List of Famous people with last name Atasoy

Nurhan Atasoy is a Turkish art historian. She specializes in history of Ottoman and Islamic art. She served as a Department Chairman in the Department of Fine Arts, Archeology and Art History at Istanbul University until 1999 and is now a resident scholar of the Turkish Cultural Foundation. Since 2012 she sits as a permanent guest on Tarihin Arka Odası, a TV program dedicated to history, with journalist Murat Bardakçı and historian Erhan Afyoncu.

Sevil Atasoy is a Turkish serving as internationally distinguished leader in the field of Forensic Sciences, substance abuse and addiction. She is the former president of the UN International Narcotics Control Board. Atasoy is the daughter of forensic pathologist Prof. Dr. Şemsi Gök (1921–2002) and bacteriologist Dr. Ferda Gök (1924–2003). She is currently the executive director of the Innocence Project (Turkey), the International Forensic Science Services, Vice-Rector of Üsküdar University, Istanbul, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and chairs the Crime & Violence Prevention Center.