Welcome to The Legal 500’s inaugural special edition – Turkey – Women in Law. We spoke to leading female attorneys to get the lowdown on their inspirations and vision for the new generation of women lawyers.
These interviews provide insight into what motivates them, how they manage work/life balance and the challenges for women within the legal industry in Turkey.
Our thanks to all attorneys that have supported us in this endeavour.
What led you to become an attorney? I have always had an opinion, a judgement on topics like politics, social judgement, values, social awareness and history in social and family settings. However, I was always told to show some respect and listen without interfering as I was still young, and did not have enough knowledge …
Continue reading “Interview with… Gökçe Köksal, Miran Legal”
Tell us about your career choice and journey. What inspired you to become a lawyer? Frankly, I did not have in my mind to study law until the day before I submitted the preference form regarding my faculty choices. Nevertheless, I had a good exam score and to benefit from it correctly, the night before …
Continue reading “Interview with… Simge Şahin, partner, NSN Law”
Tell us about your career choice and journey. And what made you decide to get into Intellectual Property and Trademark law? Deriş is one of the oldest law firms in Turkey established in 1912 by my great grand-father and I am the 4th generation of the family. I was introduced to IP law at very …
Tell us about your career choice and journey. What inspired you to become a lawyer? At first, I met a law professor through my aunt and was inspired by her while choosing this profession. Also, I was watching a TV series about the struggle of lawyers in their professional lives at that time. I was …
Continue reading “Interview with… Bilge Derinbay, Partner, NSN Law”
Tell us about your career choice and journey. What inspired you to become a lawyer? My interest to study law probably arose in high school. In fact, there were no other lawyers in my family who could inspire me to follow this path. However, the goal of mine has always been to have positive impact …
Continue reading “Interview with, Gülay Göksu Anul, Partner, NSN Law”
Tell us about your career choice and journey. What inspired you to become a lawyer? I have decided to be a lawyer when I was 12. Although my mother was also a lawyer, she did not support me on this idea stating that it would be hard education and career for me. I did not …
Continue reading “Interview with Nazli Selek, Senior Partner, NSN Law”
Tell us about your career choice and your journey. In fact, I was not dreaming to be a lawyer when I was in high school and before that. I wanted to engage in law as a social science and expected to be an academician instead. Although I was advised by some of my lecturers to …
Continue reading “Interview with… Sera Zeynep Yalçın – Lawyer, Yavuz & Uyanik”
Tell us about your career choice and journey. What inspired you to become an attorney? If you ask people about me, even the ones who don’t know me closely would tell you how much I like expressing my ideas publicly, how passionately and strongly I defend them and how insisting I am to protect the …
Continue reading “Interview with Yasemin Kenaroğlu, Founding Partner, Kenaroğlu Avukatlık Bürosu”
Tell us about your career choice and journey. What was it that made you want to become a lawyer? It’s a bit strange. People usually decide to be a lawyer by seeing or experiencing one in the family. For me there was no one. I was telling everyone around me when I was a child …
Continue reading “Interview with… Deniz Sisa, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer, KoçSistem”
What was it that made you want to become a lawyer? You know those types of people who are always ready to speak out of turn, be lawyer of someone without being asked. I was one of them since my childhood. I could never stand to unfairness. As I grew up, my perspective stayed the …
Continue reading “Interview with Ceren Çakır, Founding Partner, ECC Law”
