Academic
A) Degrees
- 4/7/2013: Professor: Istanbul University Law School, Section on Private Law, Department of Maritime Law.
→ Members of the Jury: Prof. Dr. YALÇIN ÇAKALIR (Chairman, Maritime Law Department, Galatasaray University), Prof. Dr. EMİNE YAZICIOĞLU (Chairwoman, Maritime Law Department, Istanbul University), Prof. Dr. ZEHRA ŞEKER ÖĞÜZ (Member, Maritime Law Department, Istanbul University), Prof. Dr. KEMAL ŞENOCAK (Member, Commercial Law Department, Ankara University, and Dean, Inönü University Law School), Prof. Dr. HAKAN KARAN (Chairman, Maritime Law Department, Ankara University).
- 25/12/2006: Associate Professor: Law (Maritime Law), Turkish Joint Board of Universities, Ankara.
→ Members of the Jury: Prof. Dr. HÜSEYİN ÜLGEN (Chairman, Commercial Law Department, Istanbul University), Prof. Dr. İNCİ DENİZ KANER (Member, Maritime Law Department, Istanbul University), Prof. Dr. SAMİM ÜNAN (Chairman, Transport & Insurance Law Department, Galatasaray University), Prof. Dr. HAKAN PEKCANITEZ (Chairman, Civil Procedure & Bankruptcy Law Department, Galatasaray University), Prof. Dr. FEHMİ ÜLGENER (Chairman, Maritime Law Department, Istanbul University).
- 1/9/2002: Assistant Professor: Istanbul Bilgi University, Law School.
- 30/6/1999: Doctor iuris: Universität Hamburg.
→ Advisor: Prof. Dr. ROLF HERBER.
→ Certificate of compatibility: Turkish Joint Board of Universities, Date: 31/5/2002, No. 121.
- 25/9/1987: Licence, Istanbul University Law School.
→ Provisional Licence Dated: 25/9/1987, No: 2054.
→ Diploma Dated: 11/11/1988, No: 22206.
- 3/6/1983 : Diploma (No: 1441), German Private High School, Istanbul.
B) Academic Assignments
- 1/4/2019 - : Istanbul Gedik University, Law School, Professor for Maritime Law and Insurance Law.
- 16/1/2023 - 16/1/2024: Acting Dean, Istanbul Gedik University, Law School.
- 8/8/2019 - 8/8/2022: Dean, Istanbul Gedik University, Law School
- 24/5/2019 - 7/8/2019 : Acting Dean, Istanbul Gedik University, Law School
- 25/7/2013 - 31/7/2015: Professor with Tenure, Istanbul University Law School, Section on Private Law, Department of Maritime Law.
→ Courses (in Turkish): Undergraduate: Maritime Law; Insurance Law; Aviation and Space Law; Graduate: New Law of Maritime Enforcement; Mortgages on Ships, Aircraft and Other Moveable Property (In Comparison to Mortgages on Immovables).
- 21/11/2011 - 24/7/2013: Lecturer, Istanbul University Law School, Section on Private Law, Department of Maritime Law.
→ Courses (in Turkish): Undergraduate: Maritime Law; Insurance Law; Graduate: Mortgages on Ships, Aircraft and Other Moveable Property; New Law of Maritime Enforcement. (Additional courses in the fall semester 2011: Graduate: The Law of Insurance Intermediaries; Carrier’s Liability under the new Turkish Commercial Code; New Law of Insurance Contracts).
- 1/9/2010 - 31/7/2011: Director, “Dr. Nüsret-Semahat Arsel Research Center for International Business Law” and Associate Professor for Maritime, Insurance and Transport Law, Koç University Law School.
→ Referees of Appointment: Prof. Dr. JÜRGEN BASEDOW (Max-Planck-Institut, Hamburg, Germany), Prof. MICHAEL STURLEY (Texas University, U.S.A.), Prof. RHIDIAN THOMAS (Swansea University, U.K.), Prof. Dr. NECİP ORTAN, Prof. Dr. CUMHUR ÖZAKMAN, Prof. Dr. SAMİM ÜNAN, Prof. Dr. FEHMİ ÜLGENER, Prof. Dr. SELİM ATAERGİN.
→ Course (in Turkish): Undergraduate: Introduction to the New Turkish Commercial Code.
- 13/4/2007 - 31/7/2010: Associate Professor for Maritime, Insurance and Transport Law, Istanbul Bilgi University Law School
→ Courses (in Turkish): Undergraduate: Maritime Law; Insurance Law; Contracts for the Carriage of Passengers and Goods; Graduate: Maritime Contracts; Current Developments in Maritime Law; Current Developments in Transport and Insurance Law.
- 1/10/2007 - 30/9/2008: Member, Faculty Board, Istanbul Bilgi University Law School.
- 1/1/2005 - 31/12/2005: Director, Marine Law Research Center, Istanbul Bilgi University.
- 1/10/2003 - 31/12/2004: Vice Dean, Istanbul Bilgi University Law School; Founding Advisor, Sailing Club, Istanbul Bilgi University.
- 1/9/2002 - 12/4/2007: Assistant Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University Law School.
→ Courses (in Turkish): Undergraduate: Maritime Law; Insurance Law; Methodology of Law (Fall 2003); Graduate: Maritime Contracts; Law of Ship Casualties; Enforcement of Maritime Claims; Current Developments in Maritime Law; Current Developments in Transport and Insurance Law.
- Fall 2000 - Spring 2001: Lecturer, Maltepe University (Istanbul) Law School.
→ Courses (in Turkish): Undergraduate: Maritime Law; Insurance Law.
C) Administrative Assignments
- 5/12/2018 - : Member of the KÜDENFOR Koç University Maritime Forum Advisory Board.
- 1/1/2018 - : Member of the İSTA İstanbul Arbitration Association High Advisory Board.
- 13/3/2000 - 23/6/2014: Member, Committee established by the Turkish Ministry of Justice for the preparation of the (new) Turkish Commercial Code dated 13/1/2011, no. 6102; Membership nomination by Prof. Dr. ÜNAL TEKİNALP, Chairman of the Committee, and formal appointment by Prof. Dr. HİKMET SAMİ TÜRK, then Minister of Justice; Member of the Maritime Law Sub-Committee; Member of the Sub-Committees on Drafting and on preparing the Parliamentary Reasons; Member of the delegation attending discussions at the Turkish Parliament (Committe of Justice, Sub-Committe of Justice and General Assembly); Member of the Sub-Committees preparing the supplementary legislation on Maritime Law and the translations of the International Conventions that Turkey will acceed to; Assignment completed with the last comments submitted on 23/6/2014 in respect of the Draft Ship Registration Directive. (N.B.: On 2/12/2005, token of appreciation received from Mr. CEMİL ÇİCEK, then Minister of Justice.)
- 27/6/2013 - 29/6/2013: Turkish Ministry of Justice, Working Conference regarding the Evaluation of the new Turkish Code of Obligations in Afyon.
- 18/4/2013 - 14/5/2014: President, Board of Directors, Turkish Maritime Law Association (Turkish Chapter of the Comité Maritime International). Also: 1997-1999, 1999-2001, 2003-2005, 2011-2013: Member, Board of Directors; since 2002: Member, Board of Editors). (N.B.: On 10/3/2011, token of appreciation received from Prof. Dr. SEZER ILGIN, then President of the Association.)
- 5/2012 - 26/5/2014: Member, Board of Directors, Turkish Insurance Law Association (Turkish Chapter of AIDA).
- 11/2010 - 11/2012: Turkish Union of Bar Associations, delegate appointed by the Istanbul Bar Association.
- 31/10/2008 - 31/3/2012: Two terms appointed by the Turkish Prime Ministry, Undersecretariat of Treasury, as “academic member” of the Turkish Insurance Arbitration Board of Directors, established in accordance with section 30(2) of the Act no. 5684.
- 25/2/2005 - 31/12/2008: Member, Legal Committee, Turkish Sailing Federation.
- 16/10/2005 - 22/10/2005: Member, delegation representing the Turkish Prime Ministry, Undersecretariat of Maritime Affairs, at the General Assembly of the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds hosted by the International Maritime Organization in London.
- 2-3/2005: Member, working group established by the Turkish Prime Ministry, Undersecretariat of Maritime Affairs, for the drafting of Rules of Implementation in respect of the International Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976.
- 1/9/2004 - 31/12/2004: Assistant chairman, working group established by the Turkish Prime Ministry, Undersecretariat of Treasury, for the drafting of “General Conditions for Professional Liability Insurance”.
- 8-9/2004: Member, working group established by the Turkish Prime Ministry, Undersecretariat of Maritime Affairs, for the drafting of Rules of Implementation in respect of the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage and the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, both of 1992.