She was also a staunch secularist who established a foundation to provide scholarships to young girls so they could attend school. In 2009, police raided her house and confiscated documents in an investigation that linked her to an alleged terrorist group, called “Ergenekon,” supposedly bent on destabilizing Turkey in order to precipitate a military coup.
普林斯顿—途尔坎·萨伊兰（Türkan Saylan）是一位划时代的女性，她是土耳其第一批女皮肤科医生之一，也是打败麻风病运动的领袖。她还是坚定的世俗主义者，成立了一个基金会为年轻女孩提供奖学金使她们能够继续学业。2009年，警方突击搜查了她的住处，没收了一批文档。此次调查的原因是她被指与恐怖组织“土耳其右翼组织”（Ergenekon）有涉，该组织意欲在土耳其制造混乱，以便实施军事政变。