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Faculty of Law Chair for Private, Commercial, European and Comparative Law

Curriculum Vitae

Current Position

Since February 2020 

Professor at University of Zurich, Faculty of Law, Chair for Private, Commercial, European and Comparative Law

 

Main areas of research: Law of Obligations, especially Comparative Contract Law, Harmonisation of European Contract Law, Law of Domestic and International Sale of Goods, Regulation and Contract Law

 

 

Professional Experience

Since January 2024 Chair, Center for Regulation and Contract Law (CRCL)
Since July 2020 Member, Governing Board International Academy of Consumer and Commercial Law (https://iaccl.org)
Since Jan. 2013 Member, CISG Advisory Council (https://www.cisgac.com/index.php)
Nov. 2014 - May 2024 Member, Governing Board of the Science Academy, Turkey (https://en.bilimakademisi.org/)

Feb. 2019 - Jan. 2020

Professor, University of Bern, Faculty of Law

July 2012 - Jan. 2019

Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Law, (Istanbul Bilgi Universität)

June 2007 - Jan. 2019

Vice Director, Istanbul Bilgi University, European Union Institute

October 2018 Scholar-in-Residence, Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration and Commercial Law, New York University, School of Law, USA

Aug. 2016 - July 2018

President, International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law

Oct. 2015 - Aug. 2016

Visiting Scholar, Harvard Law School, USA

June 2010 - Sept. 2015

Founding Director, İstanbul Bilgi University and Köln University “Turkish-German Business Law Joint LL.M. Degree, Köln/İstanbul”

June 2006 - June 2015

Member, Boğaziçi University Human Research Ethics Board

June 2006 - July 2012

Associate Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Law

Sept. 2008 – Sept. 2010

Member, Advisory Board to the Research Project “Swiss Law of Obligations and European Contract Law” directed by Prof. Dr. Claire Huguenin and Prof. Dr. Reto M. Hilty, funded by the Swiss National Fund.

Oct. 2005 – Sept. 2009

Exchange Coordinator, Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Law

Oct. 2005 – Sept. 2009

Board Member, Istanbul Bilgi University Research Fund

June 2006 – March 2009

Member, Executive Board of Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Law

Nov. 2005 – March 2007

Consultant, EU Twinning Project for Strengthening of the Capacity of Turkey in its Efforts in the Full Alignment, Enforcement and Implementation of Consumer Protection; Turkish Ministry of Industry and Trade / German Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture

Oct. 2002 – Aug. 2003

Vice Dean, Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Law

Sept. 2001 – Aug. 2003

Founding Director, LL.M. Program offered by Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Law

Sept. 2000 – June 2006 Assistant Professor, Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Law

Oct. 1999 – June 2000

Research Assistant, Prof. em. Dr. Eugen Bucher in Bern, Switzerland

March 1992 – Aug. 2000

Research Assistant, Istanbul University, Faculty of Law, research area: civil law 

Courses conducted: Case studies in introduction to civil law, law of persons, family law, real property law, law of successions, contracts and torts 

Guest Professorships

   
July 2017, 2022,
November 2023

Bucerius Law School, Hamburg (12 hours, “International Commercial Sales”)

Winter Term 2017

University of Bern, Faculty of Law (Seminar on “Fairness in Contract Law ”)

Summer Term 2014

University of Bern, Faculty of Law (Seminar on “International  and Comparative Contract Law”)

September 2013,
2011, 2009, 2007

Bucerius Law School, Hamburg (24 hours, “EU Consumer Law”)

April 2012

University of St. Gallen, Faculty of Law  (24 hours, “EU Consumer Law”)

March 29, 2011

University of Turin, Faculty of Law, LL.M. in International Trade Law, Contracts and Dispute Resolution (6 hours, “CISG”)

Jan. – Feb. 2008 University of Pittsburgh, School of Law (24 hours, "EU Consumer Law")

Education - Degrees

   
2006

Associate Professor (Doçent) – National Board of Higher Education

1999

PhD, Law – Social Sciences Institute, Istanbul University, Turkey

1993

LL.M., Law – Social Sciences Institute, Istanbul University, Turkey

1992 Admission to the bar, Istanbul Bar Association
1990

LL.B., Law – Istanbul University Faculty of Law, Turkey

1986

Abitur, German High School, Istanbul, Turkey

Languages

 

Turkish (mother tongue), German (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (working knowledge)

Distinctions, Scholarships and Awards

 
  • Awarded  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws,  honoris  causa,  University  of  Hamburg  (June 19, 2019)
  • Research   Scholarship   of   the   Scientific   and   Technological   Research   Council   of   Turkey (TÜBİTAK – 2219), October 2015 – March 2016
  • Research  Scholarship  of  the  Alexander  von  Humboldt  Foundation,  Germany,  July - August 2015,  August  2014,  Nov. 2010 - Jan.  2011  (Advisor:  Prof.  Dr.  Dr.  h.c.  mult.  Reinhard Zimmermann)
  • Research  Scholarship  of  the  German  Academic  Exchange  Service  (DAAD),  Germany,  August 2013
  • Research Scholarship of the Ernst von Caemmerer Foundation, Germany, January / August 2010
  • Distinguished Young Scientist Award of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA), June 2007
  • Research  Scholarship  of  the  Alexander  von  Humboldt  Foundation,  Germany,  Sept.  2003 - Feb. 2005 (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Klaus J. Hopt)
  • Research  Scholarship  of  the  Max  Planck  Gesellschaft,  Germany,  June - Sept.  2001  and  March - August 2005
  • 7th Consumer Award of the Turkish Ministry for Industry and Trade, March 22, 2004
  • Research   Scholarship   of   the   International   Institute   for   the   Unification   of   Private   Law (UNIDROIT), Rome, June - July 2003
  • Research Scholarship of the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Lausanne, Nov. - Dec. 1997
  • Research Scholarship of the Süd-Ost-Europa Gesellschaft, München, Germany, Sept. - Oct. 1997
  • Jean Monnet Research Scholarship of the European Union, Oct. 1993 - Sept. 1994

Membership in Academies

 
  • Academia Europaea (elected full member 2019)
  • International Academy of Comparative Law (elected full member 2017; elected associate member 2010)
  • Science Academy, Turkey (elected full member 2013)
  • International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law (elected full member 2008)

Membership in Societies and Institutes

 
  • Deutsch-Türkische Juristenvereinigung, Germany
  • Deutscher Juristentag, Germany
  • European Law Institute
  • Freunde des Max-Planck-Instituts, Germany
  • Gesellschaft für Rechtsvergleichung, Germany
  • Society of European Contract Law, Germany
  • Schweizerischer Juristenverein, Switzerland

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