Education

Ph.D.                                    2017 – 2022

European University Viadrina, Faculty of Law, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

Dissertation title: Forcible Responses to Cyber Operations: Self-Defence, Necessity, Countermeasures

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg

Dissertation completion fellowship from the Viadrina International Program – promoted by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

LL.M.                                    2015 – 2016

European University Viadrina, Faculty of Law, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

Thesis title: Safe Zone: A Response to Large-Scale Refugee Outflows and Human Suffering

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg

B.A.                                      2011 – 2015

Bahcesehir University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Sociology Department, Istanbul, Türkiye

Full scholarship 

LL.B.                                    2009 – 2014

Bahcesehir University, Faculty of Law, Istanbul, Türkiye

Top student in ranking among the 2014 graduates of law

Full scholarship & overachievement scholarship 

Prep.                                    2009 – 2010

Boston University, Center for English Language & Orientation Programs, Massachusetts, USA

Full scholarship 

Secondary Education          2004 – 2009

Prof. Dr. Mümtaz Turhan Social Sciences High School, Istanbul, Türkiye

Ranked 254th (among over 1.3 million students) in the National University Entrance Exam (ÖSS) 2009

Professional Positions & Activities   

Assistant Professor             2022 – present 

FSM Vakıf University, Faculty of Law, Istanbul, Türkiye

Director                                2022 – present 

FSM Centre for International Law (UHAM), Istanbul, Türkiye

Project Director                   2023 

Led and managed a project on digital assessment, NORC at the University of Chicago, USA

Lecturer                                  2023 

Maritime Security Law Course, NATO Maritime Security Centre of Excellence (MARSEC COE), Istanbul, Türkiye

Research Assistant             2015 – 2022 

FSM Vakıf University, Faculty of Law, Istanbul, Türkiye

Legal Advisor                      2019

Served as a legal advisor to the Turkish team –consisting of experts from military, academia, governmental agencies, and private sector under the coordination of Turkish Armed Forces Cyber Security Command– in the world’s largest and most complex international live-fire cyber defence exercise, Locked Shields 2019 organized by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, Tallinn, Estonia

Visiting Researcher            2016 & 2018

Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany 

Selected Participations                                                                

NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCD COE), Tallinn, Estonia

- International Law of Cyber Operations Course (2016)

- The 8th International Conference on Cyber Conflict (2016)

Intern                                   2014

Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany        

Intern                                   2013

Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV), Istanbul, Türkiye   

Selected Publications

* Forcible Responses to Cyber Operations: Self-Defence, Necessity, Countermeasures (Onikilevha, 2022).

* ‘Turkey’s Military Operations in Syria’, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law, 20 Feb. 2018.

* Safe Zone: A Response to Large-Scale Refugee Outflows and Human Suffering (Springer, 2017).

* ‘The ICRC’s Formulation of the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities: A Critical Legal Analysis’, 12 Law & Justice Review 361 (2016).