Anatolie Țurcan had graduated from the Moldovan State University and in 1990 he received an intern’s post at the Straseni District prosecution office. In 1992 he filled in a justice vacancy at the Ocnita District Court and two years later he took over as a judge at the Riscani District Court in Chisinau, thanks to a decree by then President Petru Lucinschi.

In 2003 Mr. Turcan was appointed to serve at the Chisinau Court of Appeals and in 2009 he received a seat in the Higher Council of Magistrates, for an 8-year mandate. In 2016 the judge joined the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ).

As a CSJ staff member, Mr. Turcan was part of a panel that in 2018 maintained the ruling issued by the Chisinau Court of Appeal to lock in the prison Veaceslav Platon, a controversial businessman and banker, for 18 years, as the latter was found guilty under the charges of money-laundering and financial frauds. In May 2020, the new prosecutor-general, Alexandr Stoianoglo, announced that the case against Mr. Platon “had been forged in entirety” and ordered a review.