Curriculum vitae.
Employment, education, fellowships and grants, academic service, certifications, languages.
Employment
2025-08 to present
Postdoctoral Researcher
Faculty of Law, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Teaching:
JAEN72Technology, Energy and Climate JusticeJUFN24Maritime and Transportation Law
- MOOC contributions (Coursera): European Business Law and AI and Law specializations; see Teaching.
- Master’s thesis supervision: three Master’s theses, European Business Law programme; see Convening & Supervision.
- Research: legal governance of CO2 transport and sub-seabed storage
- PI: Olena Bokareva (Lund University)
- Co-I: Gabriela Argüello (University of Gothenburg)
- Funded by the Marcus and Marianne Wallenberg Foundation
2025-02 to 2025-06
Part-Time Lecturer
Faculty of Law, Faculty of Commercial Sciences, and Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey
- Courses taught (Faculty of Law):
HUKY317/LAWG317Artificial Intelligence and Law
- Courses taught (Faculty of Commercial Sciences):
TBS416Information Technology Law and Ethics, cross-listed with the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences asTBY216
- Courses taught (Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences):
BUST302Corporate LawİŞLE303Commercial Law
2024-09 to 2025-02
Legal Consultant
Gedikbaş Law Office, Ankara, Turkey
- Practice areas:
- Arbitration
- Contract Law
- Information Technology Law
- Notable engagement: party counsel in ICC arbitration proceedings
2023-10 to 2024-08
Assistant Lecturer
School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University, Kildare, Ireland
- Courses convened:
LW685Information Technology LawLW360Media Law
- Courses co-taught:
LW251X/LW291XEU Law II, with Charles O’Sullivan - Master’s thesis supervision: two Master’s theses; see Convening & Supervision.
2023-02 to 2023-06
Assistant Lecturer
School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University, Kildare, Ireland
- Courses convened:
LW685Information Technology LawLW360Media Law
2022-02 to 2022-06
Part-Time Lecturer
Department of Law, Maynooth University, Kildare, Ireland
- Courses taught:
LW358Jurisprudence IILW162Law of Torts II
2017-09 to 2022-09
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Law, Maynooth University, Kildare, Ireland
- Subjects tutored:
- Constitutional Law
- Contract Law
- EU Law I and II
- Jurisprudence I and II
- Law of Property
- Law of Torts I and II
Education
2017-09 to 2023-06
Ph.D. in Law
Department of Law,* Maynooth University, Kildare, Ireland
* Renamed the School of Law and Criminology from the 2022–23 academic year.
- Thesis: The Almost People: A Framework Proposal for the Balancing of Legal Interests in the Age of Social Robots
- Supervisor: Brian Flanagan
2016-09 to 2017-08
LL.M. in International and Comparative Law
School of Law, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Thesis: The Conceptual Analysis of ‘Culpa in Contrahendo’: A Critical Study in European Private International Law
- Supervisor: Nazli Heimann
2011-09 to 2016-06
B.A. in Law
Faculty of Law, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
- Exchange: School of Law, University of Dundee, United Kingdom (2013), as Erasmus mobility
Fellowships and Grants
2026-01 to 2029-12
GNTS Mobility Fellow
Governance Frameworks for the Nordic Energy Transition at Sea, coordinated by the University of Bergen, Norway
The fellowship supports funded research stays at Nordic partner institutions across the three years of the programme.
2017-09 to 2022-09
Doctoral Scholarship in Law
Department of Law, Maynooth University, Kildare, Ireland
The scholarship covered fees, stipend, and research allowance across the doctoral programme.
2019-07
Summer School Scholarship
Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
The scholarship covered tuition for the summer school on The Regulation of Robotics & AI in Europe: Legal, Ethical and Economic Implications (1–6 July 2019).
2013
Erasmus Mobility Grant
Turkish National Agency, Ankara, Turkey
The grant funded a one-semester exchange at the School of Law, University of Dundee, UK.
2011-09 to 2016-06
Comprehensive Scholarship
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Bilkent University’s top merit award covered full tuition, a monthly stipend, and accommodation across the entire B.A. in Law.
Academic Service
2025-09 to 2026-11
Course Coordinator · JAEN72 Technology, Energy and Climate Justice
Faculty of Law, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
A second-cycle (Master’s-level) course at the Faculty, coordinated together with Olena Bokareva (Lund University). The coordinator role covers the design of the course syllabus and the curation of its reading list, the scheduling and organisation of teaching across the term, liaison with examiners on assessment design, and the preparation of the course-evaluation report submitted at the close of the term to the Faculty’s Educational Committee for first- and second-cycle studies (NUGA).
2026-02 to 2026-05
Work-in-Progress Seminar Group Lead
Faculty of Law, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Led one of the spring 2026 work-in-progress seminar groups for thesis-track Master’s students, supporting members through the term to thesis submission on 25 May 2026.
2020-09 to 2021-09
Ph.D. Student Representative
Department of Law, Maynooth University, Kildare, Ireland
2020-09 to 2021-09
Member · Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Department of Law, Maynooth University, Kildare, Ireland
2018-09 to 2020-06
Member · Athena SWAN Self-Assessment Committee
Department of Law, Maynooth University, Kildare, Ireland
Member of the self-assessment committee preparing the Department’s submission for Athena SWAN Bronze accreditation. The Department of Law (subsequently renamed the School of Law and Criminology) was among the first two Law Schools in Ireland to secure the award.
2018-09 to 2020-06
Postgraduate Representative · Postgraduate Feedback Council
Department of Law, Maynooth University, Kildare, Ireland
Served as the Department of Law’s research postgraduate representative on Maynooth University’s Postgraduate Feedback Council for two consecutive academic years (2018–19 and 2019–20). The Council, chaired by the Director of Graduate Research, is the primary mechanism by which postgraduate students advise on the enhancement of the postgraduate experience across the University.
Certifications and Professional Training
2026-05
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Lund University, Lund, Sweden
2024-12
Training on Party Representation in Arbitration
Istanbul Arbitration Centre (ISTAC), Istanbul, Turkey
2020-10
Certifications in Research Integrity
Epigeum, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
Five modules: Concise (core); Social and Behavioral Sciences; Conflict of Interest; Human Subjects Protections; Intellectual Property.
2019-12
Professional Certificate in Teaching and Learning for Tutors and Demonstrators
Maynooth University, Kildare, Ireland
2019-07
Summer School on the Regulation of Robotics & AI in Europe
Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
Languages
Turkish
Native.
English
Fluent, working language across employment, the LL.M., and the Ph.D.
French
Intermediate, reading and conversational.