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Zeynep İrem Yörü and Hasan Can Özdemir, who graduated from Izmir University of Economics (IUE) Faculty of Law this year, have been awarded the ‘Jean Monnet’ scholarship, granted by the European Union to a select number of young people. 

Dr. Arzu AŞÇI, a faculty member at the Faculty of Law of İzmir University of Economics, presented her paper titled "'What Does Consent Legitimize?': A Comparative Analysis of the Concept of Consent in Sexual Offenses under Turkish, German, and Swiss Criminal Law" at the 20th Criminal Law Days held on June 1, 2025, at Istanbul Bilgi University, Santral Istanbul Campus.

Melisa CENGİZ, a student at IUE Faculty of Law, placed third in the article competition organized by the Law and Informatics Journal with her article titled "Tort Liability of Artificial Intelligence". She was presented with a certificate of appreciation by the Dean of IUE Faculty of Law, Prof. Dr. Sevilay UZUNALLI.

We congratulate our student on this achievement and wish her continued success.

The certificates of appreciation were presented to Zehra Doğa KERVANCI and Dila MAYDA, students of the IUE Faculty of Law who won first place in the Privacy Simulation competition organized by the European Law Students' Association (ELSA), by the Dean of the IUE Faculty of Law, Prof. Dr. Sevilay UZUNALLI.

We congratulate our students on their achievement and wish them continued success.

The seventh session of the Criminal Law Days meetings, regularly organized by the Faculty of Law at İzmir University of Economics (İEÜ), where various judicial decisions are discussed, was held on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in lecture hall E1.

In the meeting of the Intellectual Property and Technology Law Workshop organized by the Faculty of Law at İzmir University of Economics (İEÜ) on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, the topic "Algorithms and the Protection of Personal Data: Issues and Consequences" was addressed by Dr. Buket Günay ALKAN, a faculty member at İEÜ Faculty of Law, in the Board of Trustees meeting hall. The meeting was also accessible online via Zoom.

The Turkey rapporteurship for the topic titled "The rule of law – an emerging international custom?" at the 22nd General Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL), which will take place in Berlin from September 28 to October 3, 2026, will be carried out by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Esra Katıman, a faculty member of İEU Faculty of Law.

As part of her duty, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Katıman will prepare a report on the assigned topic to be presented at the General Congress in Berlin.

3 institutions in Izmir have joined forces for ‘legal’ education. Under the coordination of the Izmir Chamber of Commerce (IZTO), which is a pioneer in Turkey with its projects and collaborations, a cooperation protocol was signed between Izmir Courthouse and Izmir University of Economics (IUE). 

Prof. Dr. Sevilay Uzunallı, Dean of the Faculty of Law at İEÜ, delivered a presentation titled "Compensation Claims Due to Trademark Infringement" at the INTA Roundtable meeting on “Compensation Calculation in Lawsuits Arising from Industrial Property Rights Infringement,” organized in cooperation with the International Trademark Association (INTA) and hosted by Moroğlu Arseven Law Partnership.