Location: Istanbul University Doctorate Hall

Dates: 17 – 23 June 2017

Modules: Law of the Sea

List of Lectures:

  • General remarks on law of the sea and Turkey (Prof. Dr. İbrahim Kaya, Istanbul University)
  • Historical Development of Law of the Sea (Prof. Dr. Emre Öktem, Galatasaray University)
  • Definitions (Prof. Dr. Yücel Acer, Çanakkale On Sekiz Mart University)
  • Straits – International and Turkey’s regime (Prof. Dr. Hakan Karan, Ankara University)
  • Status of Islands and its Impact on Delimitation (Prof. Dr. Hakan Karan, Ankara University)
  • Delimitation of Maritime Zones (Prof. Dr. Yücel Acer, Çanakkale On Sekiz Mart University)
  • Piracy (Dr. Nasıh Sarp Ergüven, Ankara University)
  • Migrant Smuggling by Sea (Dr. Nasıh Sarp Ergüven, Ankara University)
  • Fisheries (Dr. Onur Sabri Durak, Yıldız Technical University)
  • Delimitation of Maritime Zones in East Mediterranean (Mahmoud Abdou, Ph.D. Candidate – University of Warwick)
  • South China Sea Arbitration and its Impact on Law of Sea – (Prof. Dr. Otto Spijkers, Utrecht University)
  • Non-participation in Arbitral Proceedings under Annex VII United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea – (Prof. Dr. Otto Spijkers, Utrecht University)
  • A general overview on the jurisprudence of ITLOS (Mattias Füracker, Legal Officer – International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea)
  • The jurisdiction of ITLOS and the procedure before the Tribunal (Mattias Füracker, Legal Officer – International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea)
  • Sea Warfare (Dr. Bleda Kurtdarcan, Galatasaray University)
  • The Conflict in Aegean Sea: Turkey v. Greece (Ambassador Basat Öztürk)
  • The Protection of Sea Environment (Arda Özkan, Ph.D. Candidate – Istanbul University)
  • Implementing International Environmental Law in the Black Sea (Arda Özkan, Ph.D. Candidate – Istanbul University)
  • Polar Law: Arctic (Dr. Onur Sabri Durak, Yıldız Technical University)
  • Polar Law: Antarctica (Dr. Onur Sabri Durak, Yıldız Technical University)
  • Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (Dr. Nihan Ünlü, International Maritime Organization)
  • Treaty Making Process at IMO (Dr. Nihan Ünlü, International Maritime Organization)
  • Closing Lecture (Prof. Dr. Yoshifumi Tanaka, University of Copenhagen)