Experience

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  Afs intercultural programs

  Sept 2010 - Nov 2017

  Sending volunteer

  Upon completion of an exchange year in Kansas, USA, acted as a jury member/senior interviewer on the sending committee for cultural exchange students at the AFS Ankara branch. Conducted challenging interviews with potential candidates for an exchange experience based on competency-based interview techniques. Supported & actively supervised foreign exchange students and host families.

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  Herguner bilgen ozeke attorney partnership

  Jun 2013 - Jun 2013

  Summer intern
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  Clifford chance llp

  Jul 2013 - Jul 2013

  Summer intern
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  Gen & temizer | özer

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2013

  Summer intern
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  Kurt & partners law firm -

  Sept 2014 - Jan 2015

  Legal intern
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  Ersan şen hukuk ve danışmanlık

  Feb 2015 - Jul 2015

  Legal intern

  Criminal Law Department - Legal Assistant of Prof. Dr. Av. Ersan Şen

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  Deris intellectual property attorneys

  Aug 2015 - Jan 2016

  Legal intern
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  Çalışkan okkan toker

  Mar 2016 - Jun 2019

  Attorney at law

  Provided legal advice to both foreign and local clients concerning their civil and public law obligations; introduced legal strategies together with the litigation and corporate teams, appeared before the national courts and conducted complex litigation cases arising from wide range of areas including administrative, criminal and commercial disputes; prepared and submitted various forms of petitions, objections, pleadings, appeals & applications to both judicial and administrative bodies in relation to countless case files; drafted comprehensive litigation reports, executed & followed up enforcement proceedings.Supported HR departments of clients, provided daily legal advice on their labour law matters, appeared before the labour courts, drafted all sorts of relevant employment documents such as labour contracts, warnings, notifications and answers, mutual rescissions, notice of terminations and acquittances. Drafted monthly litigation case reports to be sent to clients, conducted meetings with HR teams to provide a legal strategy for their employment issues.Acted as a leading negotiator and advisor for the shop & workplace rentals in various malls under the management of our real estate giant client. Negotiated, drafted and executed mainly complex rental agreements and their additional protocols as well as sale, purchase, service, employment and construction contracts; conducted legal cases and enforcement proceedings associated with the evacuation & seizure procedures of respective real estates. Drafted supplement & purchase agreements for one of the major restaurant chains in Turkey. Supported corporate team for their due diligence efforts in M&A projects, spesifically in the context of employment and litigation parts of the examinations. Show less

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  The court of the citizens of the world

  Aug 2022 - Oct 2022

  Conducted a range of work to design the legal project for the establishment of an independent & international People`s Tribunal, as well as for the creation of a documentary-series by filming the judicial process simultaneously. Provided legal support for the formalization of the tribunal to deal with cases over which official courts have no jurisdiction.Directed the process of redrafting and finalization of the concept documents of the project; conducted in-depth research on existing norms of int`l law and provided legal advice for the elimination of numerous risks that civil society made courts contains. Managed the comprehensive readjustments of the main statute of the tribunal and the rules of procedure & evidence inspired by the core legal texts of the ICC, ICTR & ICTY aiming the realization of the judicial proceedings.Managed the project team for the documentation of human rights violations and potential cases associated with core international crimes committed in various locations as a base for drafting future indictments & accusations; contributed to reach outs to detect and contact potential partners, victims and witnesses for their participation and filmmakers for trial shootings; organized and executed virtual meetings with legal professionals, defense counsels, former judges & former prosecutors of the ICC and international tribunals; assisted sponsorship reach outs, fundraising, communications, social media & website creation efforts; conducted HR management & recruitments for the project. Show less

  • Project Manager

    Sept 2022 - Oct 2022

  • Project Assistant

    Aug 2022 - Aug 2022
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  Teleperformance

  Oct 2023 - now

  Reviewer