Based in Istanbul, I work as managing attorney at a law office whose clients are predominantly foreign nationals. I advise people from many countries, particularly the Middle East, who wish to live, invest or acquire citizenship in Türkiye. I communicate with my clients in English and partly in Arabic, and follow each matter from the first meeting through to its conclusion.
From Cairo to Istanbul
I know from experience what it means to face a legal matter in another country and in another language. Close to a year spent in Egypt, Oman and Yemen taught me this. At The American University in Cairo I took part in academic programmes on regional studies and intercultural communication, working alongside participants from many countries across the Middle East and Africa. During the same period I advanced my English at the British Council, and it was there that I first studied Arabic.
The connections I built in those years are still alive today. Speaking my client's language is part of my work; so is understanding what they expect from the law, and why they ask the questions they ask.
Behind every file there is a person, and a matter that is important to them.
From engineering to law
My path to law was a little unusual. I began university studying computer engineering at Kocaeli University; working on algorithms taught me to think about a problem by breaking it into its parts. My interest in law prevailed, and in 2014 I transferred to law school. I completed the highest level of the English preparatory programme at Istanbul Şehir University, continued my legal studies at Marmara University Faculty of Law, where part of the curriculum was taught in English, and graduated with honours in 2020.
Close to the bench, inside the legislation
I spent most of my legal traineeship working one-to-one with a judge. Comparing the parties' statements and examining their contradictions, attending hearings and submitting written assessment notes to the judge taught me to read a case file as a whole.
Over the following two years I prepared for the district governor examinations and qualified for the interview stage three times. During that period, while providing petition drafting and legal research support to fellow lawyers, I studied administrative law and public legislation in depth, as well as individual applications to the Constitutional Court and the European Convention on Human Rights. Knowing how the administration works from the inside helps me today in every application my clients make to public authorities.
My work today
Since starting independent practice in February 2024, I have gained experience in family, tenancy, criminal, enforcement and bankruptcy, immigration, insurance, employment and administrative law cases, as well as in practical procedures such as mediation, on-site inspections and attachments. Since the beginning of 2026, as managing attorney, I have coordinated the files of foreign clients. My work focuses mainly on:
- Immigration and citizenship law: acquisition of Turkish citizenship, residence permits, visas and entry restriction codes; applications before the Presidency of Migration Management, land registry and civil registry offices
- Advisory services for foreign investors: real estate investments in Türkiye and the legal transactions connected with them
- Real estate law and corporate advisory
- Administrative, family, employment and criminal law
I keep my clients informed about their files with regular written reports. I make controlled use of artificial intelligence tools in legal research, document review and reporting, and I personally carry out the final review of every text.
My approach
For a client coming from abroad, the hardest part is often not knowing whom to ask, and what. That is why I value being a single point of contact: whether the matter involves the land registry, the migration authorities, the tax office or the court, my client speaks to one person and knows where things stand at every stage. My aim is not only to protect property when a dispute arises, but to structure it correctly from the outset and to manage it over the long term.
We begin by listening; then we explain the matter in plain language and decide together on the way forward.
Outside my practice, I study history at Istanbul University, and for more than ten years I have volunteered as an educational mentor to students.