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SINCE 2016

 

In litigation, in advice and in scholarship, with the same care.

 

Erarslan Law Firm was founded in Istanbul by Av. Sevgi Erarslan. It advises and represents clients in criminal law, data protection and technology law, intellectual property, corporate law and immigration law, in English and Turkish.

FOUNDING ATTORNEY

Av. Sevgi Erarslan, LL.M.

 

Istanbul Bar

LL.B.

 

Istanbul University Faculty of Law, 2015, with honours

 

LL.M.

 

Istanbul University, Private Law, 2019, with honours

 

ADV. LL.M.

 

KU Leuven, 2023 (scholarship)

 

PHD

 

PhD candidate, Istanbul University, Public Law

 

Practice Areas

 

The areas the firm works in. Each is closely linked to the research topics below.

Criminal Law and Individual Applications

 

Defence of suspects and defendants, and representation of complainants and intervening parties, in investigations and trials; individual applications to the Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights, in particular on rights violations, extradition and deportation.

Data Protection and IT Law

 

KVKK and GDPR compliance work; data breach procedures and applications and complaints before data protection authorities; software and technology contracts; legal assessment of AI systems and EU AI Act compliance projects.

Intellectual Property Law

 

Trademark, copyright and licence agreements; civil and criminal proceedings for infringement of intellectual property rights.

Immigration Law

 

Residence and work permits, international protection applications, and challenges to deportation and administrative detention decisions; advice to foreign individuals and companies on legal processes in Türkiye; cooperation with partner lawyers abroad on cross-border disputes.

Corporate Law and Commercial Contracts

 

Company formation, articles of association, and general assembly and board processes; drafting and reviewing commercial contracts; ongoing legal advice to companies; mediation and litigation in commercial disputes.

Employment Law

 

Employment contracts and workplace policies; negotiation and litigation.

Family Law

 

Divorce, custody, maintenance and division of matrimonial property; family disputes with a foreign element.

Research and Publications

 

12 works since 2018: a book in two editions, a book chapter, three articles, two theses and shorter writing.

 

Personal data and privacy · 7

 

AI and health data · 1

 

Crypto-assets and proceeds of crime · 2

 

Human rights and non-discrimination · 3

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

 

2023 · BOOK CHAPTER

 

Personal data in AI-based mobile health apps

 

Yapay Zekâ ve Hukuk · Subscription required

 

2022 · ARTICLE

 

The suspect grounds doctrine in ECtHR case law on non-discrimination

 

Terazi Hukuk Dergisi · Subscription required

 

2021 · PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE

 

Cross-border transfers of personal data in Turkish law

 

Kırıkkale Hukuk Mecmuası · Open access

 

All publications (12) →

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTER

Book cover, 2nd edition

BOOK · 2ND EDITION · 2020

 

Özel Nitelikli Kişisel Verilerin İşlenmesinde Açık Rızanın Aranmadığı Haller

 

On İki Levha, 357 pp. Updated for Covid-19-era rules. In Turkish.

 

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Book cover, 1st edition

BOOK · 1ST EDITION · 2019

 

Özel Nitelikli Kişisel Verilerin İşlenmesinde Açık Rızanın Aranmadığı Haller

 

On İki Levha, XX + 266 pp. Based on her master’s thesis. In Turkish.

 

Publisher’s page ↗

Book cover: Yapay Zekâ ve Hukuk

BOOK CHAPTER · 2023

 

Yapay Zekâ ve Hukuk

 

Ed. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aksu, On İki Levha, 528 pp. Chapter: personal data in AI-based mobile health apps developed against Covid-19. In Turkish.

 

Book page ↗

Contact

Meetings take place in person or online, by appointment. A short description of your matter is enough; you will receive a reply by email.

 

info@erarslanhukuk.com

 

Turkish and English · Contact page →

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