With our team of experts in various fields of law—including administrative law, public service law, Law No. 1416 (YLSY), disciplinary investigations, labor and social security law, and family law—we are here to support you with professionalism and trust.
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Here you can find answers to frequently asked questions about our services, processes, and all topics of interest.
Under the YLSY Scholarship program, students are sent abroad for postgraduate education with the scholarship granted by the Ministry of National Education in accordance with Law No. 1416 on Students to be Sent to Foreign Countries (YLSY Scholarship Program), in order to train the qualified workforce needed by higher education institutions and other public institutions and organizations.
As Eren & Yüce Law Firm, we provide legal assistance, consultancy, and representation services concerning the disputes YLSY scholars experience with the Ministry of National Education, Council of Higher Education (YÖK), and the institutions they study on behalf of, primarily regarding the following processes and cases:
- YLSY Application process and appeals,
- YLSY Interview process and appeals against the result,
- Applications and appeals regarding YLSY study period and scholarship rights,
- Applications and appeals for change of education level,
- Time extension requests and appeals,
- Post-doctoral (post-doc) research permission,
- YLSY Compulsory Service Transfer Requests,
- Appointment processes for assistant professor positions,
- Unpaid leave requests and cases of YLSY scholars and their spouses,
- YLSY Study period adaptations (study period and degree/grade adaptation)
- YLSY Health excuses,
- Appeals and cases regarding dismissal and compensation decision processes,
- YLSY Compensation cases,
- YLSY Case for requesting duty from compensation,
- Negative declaratory action,
- Case for the lapse (dropping) of compulsory service,
- Cancellation case of dismissal process,
- Cases regarding guarantors having no debt,
- Appointment requests within the scope of specialization,
- Lapse of compulsory service obligation,
- Debt objection cases of those dismissed under State of Emergency Decrees (OHAL KHK),
- State of Emergency Commission decision cancellation case,
- Case for the transfer of staff allocation permission,
- Compulsory service transfer case,
- Assignment requests,
- YLSY appointment case,
- YLSY Debt installment procedures,
- YLSY equivalency procedures.
Universities are institutions where scientific autonomy, merit, and legal security must be established at the highest level. However, in academic and administrative operations, disputes such as unfair disciplinary penalties, unmerited appointments, or student rights violations are frequently experienced. As Eren&Yüce Law Firm, we provide strategic legal solutions for academicians, students, and university staff with our team specialized in the complex structure of higher education legislation.
Higher education law is a special discipline that includes the concepts of “scientific autonomy” and “academic tradition”, distinct from general administrative law.
Our Main Practice Areas:
- Academic Appointment and Promotion Cases: Cancellation of “tailor-made” postings and unfair jury evaluations experienced in the appointment processes for assistant professor, associate professor, and professor positions.
- Academic Ethics and Disciplinary Investigations: Technical and legal defense against ethical violation allegations such as plagiarism, forgery, slicing, and internal disciplinary investigations.
- Student Rights and Exam Cancellations: Resolution of disputes regarding material errors in grading, cheating allegations, unfair suspension penalties, and horizontal/vertical transfer issues.
- Judicial Remedies Against YÖK and ÜAK Decisions: Stay of execution of administrative decisions (rejection of equivalency, cancellation of title, etc.) taken by the Interuniversity Board or the Council of Higher Education.
- Mobbing and Administrative Pressure: Compensation and cancellation cases against systematic intimidation policies, workload injustices, and changes of duty station encountered in the academic working environment.
- Foundation University Contract Disputes: Disputes arising from employment contracts and personnel rights between foundation higher education institutions and academic staff.
Legal Perspective: The actions and transactions of higher education institutions are subject to judicial review not only in terms of form but also in terms of “scientific objectivity.” The loss of an academic title or position is not just a job loss, but a loss of a scientist’s reputation.
Defender of Academic Autonomy and Merit:
The biggest obstacle to scientific production is lawlessness. We strive to ensure that the broad discretionary power of university administrations remains within the limits of merit, the rule of law, and academic freedom. By intervening from the very beginning of the processes (investigation or posting phase), we do not allow your career journey to be interrupted by extrajudicial obstacles.
Determining the equivalence of diplomas obtained from higher education institutions abroad in Turkey is not just an application process; it is a struggle to gain academic rights and freedom to work. As Eren&Yüce Law Firm, we offer expert legal support against unfair rejection decisions, delayed processes, or unfair Level Placement Exam (STS) conditions experienced in equivalence processes carried out before the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) and relevant institutions.
Equivalency cases are one of the areas where judicial review is most effective when the administration uses its “discretionary power” on subjective grounds rather than academic criteria.
Our Main Service and Case Areas:
Cancellation Cases Against Rejection of Equivalency Application:
Taking rejection decisions based on grounds such as “school is not recognized”, “education period is insufficient”, or “horizontal transfer irregularity” to court.
Level Placement Exam (STS) and SYBS Appeals:
Cases against subjecting the candidate to exams unrelated to their graduation field or illegally setting scientific preparation/internship conditions.
Medicine and Dentistry Equivalency Processes: Grievances arising from delays in the registration processes of diplomas in the health field and the lack of coordination between the Ministry of Health/YÖK.
Delaying the Process (Implicit Rejection): Cases filed against the administration’s silence in cases where equivalence applications are not concluded within a reasonable time.
Determination of Education Level and Degree Completion: Correcting erroneous decisions regarding which level (Associate/Bachelor’s/Master’s) the education abroad corresponds to in Turkey.
Compliance with Guide and Regulation Changes: “Legal security” disputes regarding whether the legislation on the application date or current legislation will be applied.
Legal Note:
In equivalence processes, the Council of State attaches great importance to the principles of “acquired rights” and “legitimate expectation.” The administration’s failure to grant equivalency by changing the rules at the application date retrospectively is one of our strongest cancellation grounds.
We Defend Your Right to Practice Your Profession in Turkey
Do not allow your education abroad and the years you spent to be disregarded with a “rejection” letter. We stand by you to overcome bureaucratic obstacles and gain the legal validity of your diploma in Turkey by analyzing your academic file in light of expert witnesses and current judicial precedents.
Working life is not just a contract; it is a dynamic process built on mutual trust, labor, and legal responsibilities. As Eren&Yüce Law Firm, we offer professional consultancy and litigation services to ensure that workers get the reward for their hard work, employers are protected from legal risks, and citizens have full access to their social security rights.
Labor and social security disputes are limited by “mandatory mediation” and very short conclusive periods (especially in termination processes) pursuant to Law No. 7036.
Our Expertise in Labor Law:
Employee Receivables and Compensation Cases: Collection of severance and notice pay, overtime, weekend holiday, national holiday and general holiday (UBGT), and annual leave wages.
Reemployment Cases: Management of mediation applications and litigation processes within legal periods in cases of invalid or unfair termination.
Occupational Accidents and Occupational Diseases: Material/moral compensation and recourse cases in cases of disability or death resulting from occupational accidents.
Mobbing and Discrimination Compensation: Protection of rights arising from psychological harassment, pressure, or violation of the principle of equal treatment in the workplace.
Employer Consultancy: Preparation of employment contracts (fixed/indefinite term), disciplinary regulations, legal audit of HR processes, and termination strategies.
Our Expertise in Social Security Law:
Service Determination Cases: Determination and registration of periods of uninsured work or incompletely paid premiums through court.
Retirement and Old-Age Pension Disputes: SGK’s rejection of retirement requests, foreign borrowing errors, and correction of mistakes in pension allocation rates.
Foreign Borrowing and Retirement: Counting working periods spent abroad for retirement in Turkey and process tracking.
Disability and Duty Disability: Appeals against loss of working capacity rates and establishment of retirement rights due to disability through judicial means.
Critical Reminder: “Conclusive periods” in labor law can have irreparable consequences. For example, it is mandatory to apply to a mediator within 1 month from the notification of termination for a reemployment lawsuit. In social security cases, an “administrative application” to SGK is often a prerequisite for a lawsuit.
Strong Defense, Fair Working Life
In labor and social security disputes, our priority is to conclude the dispute in favor of our client in the pre-trial settlement or mediation stage. When agreement is not possible, we conduct a determined judicial process so that you do not suffer any loss of rights, with our experience capable of technically auditing expert reports.
In a modern state of law, the administration is obliged to act in accordance with the law in every transaction and action it performs. However, in practice, administrative decisions that violate individuals’ rights or lack legal basis may be encountered. As Eren&Yüce Law Firm, we offer professional services to protect the rights of our citizens and ensure their legal security against the public power possessed by the state.
Administrative cases, unlike general lawsuits, are subject to unique procedural rules and very short conclusive periods. Therefore, it is vital to get expert guidance from the very first moment of the process.
Our Main Practice Areas:
Cancellation Cases: Annulment of illegal administrative acts (license cancellation, zoning plan changes, exam cancellations, etc.) retrospectively.
Full Remedy (Compensation) Cases: Compensation for material and moral damages suffered by individuals due to the administration’s service fault or strict liability.
Disputes Arising from Administrative Contracts: Tracking of public tenders, concession agreements, and other contracts concluded with the administration.
Stay of Execution Requests: Suspension of the transaction during the trial period in cases where difficult-to-repair damages will arise if the administrative transaction is implemented.
Municipal and Zoning Law: Disputes regarding zoning pollution, unfair demolition decisions, ecrimisil (unjust occupation compensation), and expropriation processes.
Tax and Penalty Objections: Objection processes against administrative fines, traffic fines, or unjustly accrued taxes.
Legal Reminder: “Written procedure principle” applies in administrative law. Supporting your claims before the court with technical language and relevant legislation (Constitution, İYUK, Council of State Decisions) is the key to success.
Strong Defense Against the Actions and Transactions of the Administration
For us, Administrative Law is not just a litigation process; it is the struggle to defend the individual’s dignity and property rights against the state. We stand by you to prevent any loss of rights by not missing the critical 30 or 60-day periods in the administrative trial procedure.
The property right guaranteed by the Constitution can only be restricted in cases of public interest and provided that its equivalent is paid in advance. However, in practice, the administration may appraise a value below the real value of the real estate or physically seize the real estate without operating any legal process.
As Eren&Yüce Law Firm, we use our technical and legal expertise to ensure your real estate finds the value it deserves under current market conditions and your property right is protected.
Our Areas of Expertise:
- Expropriation Value Determination and Registration Cases: Determining the real value of the real estate by the court according to its location, precedent values, and characteristics against the low values offered by the administration.
- Cases of Confiscation Without Expropriation: Compensation and prevention of intervention processes in case the administration physically seizes the real estate by building roads, parks, or buildings without making an expropriation in accordance with the procedure.
- Legal Confiscation: Removal or compensation of restrictions on real estates allocated as park, school, or hospital areas in the zoning plan but not expropriated for years.
- Cancellation Cases (Objection to Public Interest Decision): Cancellation cases filed with the claim that the “public interest” decision forming the basis of the expropriation process is against the law.
- Urgent Expropriation Processes: Protection of rights and value increase in urgent confiscation procedures carried out in accordance with Article 27 of Law No. 2942.
- Correction of Material Errors: Correcting errors in surface area or owner information in title deed records before or during expropriation.
Important Reminder: Expert reports determine the fate of the case in expropriation cases. Acting with an expert opinion on technical issues such as precedent comparisons, income method, and construction costs directly affects the amount of compensation to be received.
Your Property Right is Our Priority
You should know that the process is not just a “notification” in case your real estate is expropriated due to projects such as dams, roads, or urban transformation. We conduct a determined legal struggle in the administrative and judicial judiciary so that your real estate, which is the accumulation of years, reaches its market value.
The family is the basic building block of society; however, every family structure can go through difficult times that may require legal support from time to time. As Eren&Yüce Law Firm, we offer our clients not only legal consultancy but also a companionship based on privacy and trust during this sensitive process.
Aware of the emotional burden brought by family law, we aim to complete the process in the shortest time possible and with minimal wear while protecting your rights.
Our Areas of Expertise:
- Uncontested and Contested Divorce Cases: Strategic management of the process and protection of the balances between the parties.
- Custody and Establishment of Personal Relationships: Tracking of custody processes by considering the child’s best interests.
- Alimony and Compensation Requests: Management of child support, poverty alimony, and material/moral compensation processes.
- Liquidation of Property Regime: Legal sharing of assets acquired within the marriage union.
- Protection of the Family and Prevention of Violence Against Women: Obtaining restraining and protection orders under Law No. 6284.
- Denial of Paternity and Lineage Cases: Legal status arrangements based on biological reality.
Our Mission: To produce fair and permanent solutions in disputes regarding family law by keeping the privacy of our clients’ private lives at the highest level.
Why Should You Work With Us?
Family law cases are not just consisting of articles of law. This process requires patience, detailed analysis, and strong communication. While our team focuses on resolving disputes primarily with a culture of conciliation, it conducts a determined defense during the litigation process so that you do not suffer any loss of rights.
Let’s draw the right roadmap for you together.
Disciplinary actions established during the execution of public services are one of the areas where the administration has the widest discretionary power but makes the most legal errors. As Eren&Yüce Law Firm; we protect the defense rights of civil servants, academicians, Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and police personnel, and all other public officials at the highest level against administrative investigations.
Disciplinary law is a technical process that is not only “penalty” focused but where procedural rules (defense period, appointment of investigator, discussion of evidence) must be applied flawlessly.
Our Service Areas and Defense Strategies:
- Defense Management in Disciplinary Investigations: Strategic defense preparation and presentation of evidence from the beginning of the investigation.
- Dismissal from Civil Service and Expulsion Decisions: Stay of execution and cancellation cases in Administrative Courts against the heaviest sanctions such as termination of profession.
- Academic Ethics and Disciplinary Processes: Expert defense against ethical violation (plagiarism, forgery, etc.) and disciplinary allegations aimed at academicians under Law No. 2547.
- Stoppage of Grade Progression and Salary Deduction: Cancellation of medium-scale penalties affecting personnel rights and career steps through judicial means.
- Suspension from Duty Objections: Determination of the unfairness of suspension decisions of a precautionary nature and reinstatement processes.
- High Disciplinary Board (YDK) Representation: Structuring verbal or written defenses to be made before the Board on a legal basis.
Why Should You Get Professional Support?
In disciplinary law, procedural errors such as “restriction of the right of defense” or “failure to comply with investigation periods” are often more effective than the merits in winning the case. An insufficient statement to be submitted within short defense periods of 7 or 15 days can open the door to a result that will affect your entire professional life.
Our Legal Principle: A disciplinary penalty should not be a means of punishment but a requirement of public service. Any penalty contrary to law, merit, and the principle of proportionality is subject to judicial review.
Do Not Leave Your Professional Reputation and Rights to Chance
Under the psychological pressure created by administrative investigations, it may become difficult to defend your rights correctly. We overcome the obstacles you will face in your career journey through the law by using the most up-to-date changes in the legislation and the Council of State’s settled jurisprudence on the “right of defense”.
An academic career is shaped by years of labor, scientific publications, and difficult exams. However, illegal posting conditions or biased jury reports encountered in appointment processes to Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor positions can irrevocably halt a scientist’s career. As Eren&Yüce Law Firm, we offer a specialized service for the establishment of merit and legal security principles in academic staff appointments.
Our Areas of Expertise:
- Objections to Tailor-Made Postings: Cancellation of posting conditions contrary to Law No. 2547 and the Regulation on Promotion and Appointment to Faculty Membership, describing a specific candidate.
- Cancellation Cases Against Jury Reports: Judicial review of jury reports in associate professorship or professorship processes that are far from scientific objectivity, contain material errors, or are insufficiently justified.
- Cancellation of Non-Appointment Actions: Protection of the rights of candidates whose applications to the announced position have been accepted but who are not appointed with illegal justifications (or without justification).
- Associate Professorship Oral Exam and Work Review Processes: Lawsuits requesting a stay of execution against unfair failure decisions experienced in associate professorship applications before the ÜAK (Interuniversity Board).
- Non-Reappointment Actions: Cancellation cases to be filed in case the terms of office of Assistant Professors are not extended or their contracts are not renewed.
- Foreign Language and Science Exam Disputes: Judicial review of irregularities and grading errors experienced in exams held by universities within their own bodies.
Legal Perspective: According to the settled jurisprudence of the Council of State, additional conditions in academic staff postings that “exceed the aim of increasing scientific quality and describe only a specific person” are contrary to the principle of the rule of law. Judicial review is inevitable wherever merit is damaged.
Secure Your Academic Rights With the Law
The discretionary power of university administrations is not unlimited; this power can only be used limited to “public interest” and “service requirements”. Defending the principle of scientific autonomy and merit, we stand by you to overcome the extrajudicial obstacles you encounter while climbing the academic ladder.
Rights over immovable properties are not only an economic value but also a constitutional guarantee. However, complexities in title deed records, faulty contracts, and zoning problems can make it difficult to exercise property rights. As Eren&Yüce Law Firm, we protect our clients’ property rights with a legal armor at every stage, from real estate trading to large-scale construction projects.
Real estate disputes require a multi-layered knowledge base and local application experience such as the Code of Obligations, Land Registry Law, and Zoning Legislation.
Our Areas of Expertise:
- Title Deed Cancellation and Registration Cases: Elimination of property losses arising from illegal transfers, collusive sales, or cadastre errors.
- Dissolution of Partnership (İzale-i Şuyu): Sale or division of immovable properties in joint or shared ownership through court due to disputes among partners.
- Rental Law Disputes: Eviction cases, rent determination and adaptation cases, and management of lease agreements.
- Construction Contracts in Return for Land Share: Preparation of contracts between the contractor and the landowner, delay compensation, and incomplete work (defective performance) cases.
- Prevention of Confiscation and Ecrimisil: Requests for the prevention of intervention against the unfair occupation of the immovable and retrospective occupation fee (compensation).
- Urban Transformation Law: Risky building processes, objections to decisions, and auditing of contracts within the scope of urban transformation.
Strategic Note: In real estate cases, a “precautionary injunction” is of vital importance. Failure to prevent the transfer of the immovable to third parties as soon as the case is filed may cause the result to remain as an “empty piece of paper” even if you are right at the end of the case.
Safe Investment, Protected Property
The real estate sector is an area where the margin of error is very low and material risks are very high. We stand by you not only when a dispute arises; but also in the legal due diligence processes carried out while purchasing real estate. We audit every detail for you, from title deed restrictions to zoning status.
Criminal procedure is the heaviest branch of law that touches individual rights and freedoms. Every step taken, every piece of evidence presented, and every defense made from the investigation stage to the prosecution phase directly determine a person’s future. As Eren&Yüce Law Firm, we carry out meticulous work to protect our clients’ constitutional rights, defend their right to a fair trial, and ensure their legal security.
Success in criminal law is not just knowing the articles of law, but catching the contradictions within the file and concretizing the principle of “in dubio pro reo” (the benefit of the doubt goes to the defendant).
Our Main Practice and Defense Areas:
- Investigation Process and Statement Management: Providing legal guidance by being present during detention, taking statements, and interrogation stages.
- Objection to Arrest and Judicial Control: Tracking objection processes against liberty-restricting protection measures and managing release requests.
- High Criminal and Criminal Court of First Instance Cases: Acting as defense counsel or victim’s attorney in all crime types under the Turkish Penal Code (intentional injury, theft, fraud, looting, etc.).
- Cyber Crimes: Technical and legal defense in crimes of insult, threat, qualified fraud, and system blocking committed via the internet.
- Economic and Commercial Criminal Law: Responsibilities of company executives, breach of trust, and crimes of opposition to the tax procedure law.
- Appeal and Supreme Court Processes: Auditing of local court decisions before higher courts, appeal, and correction of decision applications.
Legal Principle: In criminal trials, “justice delayed is justice denied.” Professionally structuring the defense not only in the courtroom but from the very first moment the evidence is collected prevents irreparable loss of rights.
Freedom to Seek Justice and Defense Immunity
We see the criminal trial not just as case tracking, but as a responsibility to protect human dignity and freedom. From law enforcement units (Police/Gendarmerie) to the Supreme Court stage, we ensure our clients are defended under a legal filter, free from all kinds of pressure.
Data is the most valuable asset of today’s world. However, the processing, storage, and transfer of this data are subject to strict rules that cover both the fundamental rights of individuals and the legal responsibilities of institutions. As Eren|Yüce Law Firm, we provide fully comprehensive compliance projects and legal consultancy services to our clients within the scope of the Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK) No. 6698.
For institutions, KVKK is not just a technical software process; it is an interdisciplinary process where administrative, technical, and legal measures must be handled as a whole.
Our Services and Areas of Expertise:
- KVKK Compliance Projects: Creating the company’s data inventory, managing VERBİS registration processes, and establishing data policies.
- Clarification Texts and Explicit Consent Forms: Preparation of transparent, audit-ready documentation in accordance with the law.
- Data Breach Notifications: Legal tracking of notifications to be made to the Board and crisis management in case of a data leak or breach.
- Data Controller Representation: Managing correspondence with the Board and preparing defenses against complaint processes.
- Individual Applications and Seeking Rights: Operating legal processes for the deletion, destruction, or compensation requests of individuals whose personal data has been processed or shared without permission.
- Training and Awareness: On-site or online training for company employees regarding data security and legal responsibilities.
Attention: In case of KVKK violations, administrative fines applied by the Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK) increase every year at the revaluation rate and reach amounts expressed in millions. In addition, illegal acquisition of data may also bring a prison sentence under the Turkish Penal Code.
Secure Your Data and Your Future
Our approach is to view KVKK not just as a “list of prohibitions” but as a corporate standard that increases your institution’s digital reputation and reliability. We minimize your risks by passing data security vulnerabilities through a legal filter.
About Us
At EREN | YÜCE Law & Consulting, we place the principles of “professional excellence and trust” at the heart of our vision. By combining our deep legal expertise with a modern, dynamic, and solution-oriented approach, we provide our clients with professional legal representation.
Guided by a sense of responsibility born from the trust you place in us, we diligently defend your rights; we provide transparent, high-quality guidance at every stage of your legal proceedings, ensuring you feel secure throughout the process.