Higher Education Law (University Law)
Taking into consideration the vital importance of protecting academic freedom, the autonomy of higher education institutions, and the rights of university constituents (academic/administrative staff and students), our firm provides professional legal consultancy and advocacy services to its clients in the field of Higher Education Law. Safeguarding client privacy, protecting academic merit, trust, and adherence to legal ethics are our core principles throughout these processes.
We are fully aware of the deep tremors that university disputes can inflict on scientists’ careers, academic titles, and students’ futures. Accordingly, our objective is to resolve disputes fairly, effectively, and as swiftly as possible within the framework of Higher Education Law No. 2547 and relevant legislation, while strictly safeguarding our clients’ best interests.
The primary services we offer in the field of Higher Education Law include: • Executing annulment lawsuits against illegalities and violations of merit in academic appointments, promotions (associate professorship, professorship), and faculty staffing announcements • Providing legal defense and managing administrative litigation processes against disciplinary investigations, warnings, reprimands, and dismissal from public service decisions concerning academic and administrative personnel • Legally reviewing decisions made by university executive boards, rectorates, and YÖK (Higher Education Council), and filing annulment lawsuits in administrative courts • Conducting judicial reviews of student disciplinary investigations, suspensions, expulsions, and examination/grade disputes • Tracking administrative liability and recourse lawsuits arising from alleged malpractice (medical errors) in university hospitals and medical faculties • Managing disputes regarding usurpation and abuse of authority arising from rectorate elections, dean appointments, and intra-university administrative structures • Resolving disputes arising from technopark, R&D, patent transfer, and patent trading contracts between universities and the private sector • Tracking university procurement disputes and Public Procurement Authority (KİK) processes within the framework of public procurement legislation • Legally managing disputes regarding work permits, contract terminations, and personnel rights of foreign faculty members • Tracking stay of execution and compensation lawsuits against unjust suspension measures directed at university personnel