Prof. Dr. Yücel OĞURLU
Prof. Dr. Yücel OĞURLU was born in Istanbul in 1970. Originally from Balıkesir, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at Istanbul University in 1992. He began his academic career at Atatürk University in the same year. Prof. Dr. OĞURLU completed his Master’s degree in Financial Law in 1995 and his PhD in Public Law in 1999 at Marmara University.
He carried out his postdoctoral studies as a visiting scholar at Tilburg University in the Netherlands and Ahmet Yesevi University. Between 1999 and 2004, he served as an Assistant Professor, and between 2004 and 2006 as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of Atatürk University. In 2006, he joined the Faculty of Law at Istanbul Commerce University as an Associate Professor. He was promoted to Full Professor in the same faculty in 2010.
Prof. Dr. OĞURLU served as the Rector of the International University of Sarajevo between 2013 and 2016. He also held positions as Dean and Vice Rector at Istanbul Commerce University during different periods and served as Rector of the same university from 2019 to 2023.
Having served as a coordinator and principal investigator in numerous national and international projects, Prof. Dr. OĞURLU has a substantial body of academic publications. In addition to his work in law, he has publications in the fields of literature and linguistics, as well as opinion columns on international law and international relations.
He speaks English (advanced), Arabic (intermediate), Russian (basic), Bosnian (basic), Kazakh (good), Uzbek (advanced), Kumyk (intermediate), Nogai (intermediate), Lezgi (good), and Persian (basic).
Prof. Dr. Yücel OĞURLU was appointed as the Rector of Balıkesir University by a Presidential Decree published on January 11, 2023.
