Team – Süheyla Balkar

Prof. Dr. Süheyla Balkar Senior Consultant

Prof. Dr. Süheyla Balkar is a professor at Galatasaray University Law School and a Senior Consultant at Göksu Law. She has been teaching Private International Law as well as international and domestic arbitration at various law schools, including Galatasaray University, Bahçeşehir University and Okan University. She has published many articles and books in the fields of arbitration, international procedural law and interim measures and other areas of dispute resolution.

She provides the Göksu Law clients with critical legal insights on Turkish and Comparative Private International Law.

Recent Appointments
- Appointed as sole arbitrator in an ISTAC arbitration between two Turkish companies pertaining to a commercial dispute.
- Appointed as presiding arbitrator in an ISTAC arbitration between two Turkish companies pertaining to an energy dispute.
Publications
- Books
– Author, Milletlerarası Ticari Tahkim ve Etik (International Commercial Arbitration and Ethics), On İki Levha Publishing, 2022

– Co-Editor with Prof. Dr. Hatice Özdemir Kocasakal, Tahkim Anlaşması (Arbitration Agreement), On İki Levha Publishing, 2020

– Editor, Yabancı Mahkeme ve Hakem Kararlarının Tanınması ve Tenfizinde Güncel Gelişmeler (Recent Developments in Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Court Judgements and Arbitral Awards); On İki Levha Publishing, 2018

– Author & Editor, Göç ve İltica Hukukunda Terminoloji Sorunu ve Uluslararası Koruma Statüleri (Terminology Problem in Immigration and Asylum Law and International Protection Status), Galatasaray University Press, Beta Publishing, 2018

– Author, Milletlerarası Ticari Tahkimde Hakemlerin Bağımsızlık Yükümlülüğü (Independence of Arbitrators in International Commercial Arbitration), On İki Levha Publishing, 2016

– Author, Le Fascicule Turquie- Droit Civil, Encyclopédie Juris Classeur Droit Comparé, 2009
- Articles
– Law No. 805’s Effect on Arbitration Agreements, ASA Bulletin, 2022

– Tahkim Dili (Language of Arbitration), Legal Law Journal, 2022

– Law Applicable to the Arbitrator’s Contract, Legal Law Journal, 2022

– AİHM Kararları Işığında AİHS md. 6 ve Tahkim (ECHR Art. 6 and Arbitration in the light of ECtHR Decisions), Journal of Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law, 2022

– 805 Sayılı Kanun’un Tahkim Anlaşmaları Üzerindeki Etkisi (Law No. 805’s Effect on Arbitration Agreements); in Tahkim ve Uygulanacak Hukuk (Arbitration and Applicable Law), On İki Levha Publishing, 2021

– Ödeme Güçlüğü İçinde Bulunma veya İflas Halinin Tahkim Anlaşmasına Etkileri (Effect of Insolvency or Bankruptcy on the Arbitration Agreement); in Tahkim Anlaşması (Arbitration Agreement) by Prof. Dr. Hatice Özdemir Kocasakal & Doç. Dr. Süheylâ Balkar, On İki Levha Publishing, 2020

– International Migration in the 21^st Century – Problems and Solutions, Chapter 4: Refugee Protection in Turkey in Relation to International Refugee Law; Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018

– Göçmenlerin Türk Vatandaşlığı Kazanması (Immigrants’ Acquisition of Turkish Citizenship); Journal of Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law, 2018

– Milletlerarası Tahkime Konu Uyuşmazlıklarda Hakemlerin Geçici Koruma Tedbirlerine Hükmedebilme Yetkisi ve Imperium Kavramı (Arbitrators’ Power to Order Provisional Measures in International Arbitration and Imperium); Journal of Galatasaray University Faculty of Law, 2017

– Uluslararası Satım Sözleşmelerinin Maddi Kurallar İçeren Konvansiyonlarla Düzenlenmesi Bağlamında bir Yeknesaklaştırma Başarısı: 11 Nisan 1980 Tarihli Uluslararası Mal Satımına İlişkin Birleşmiş Milletler Konvansiyonu (Viyana Konvansiyonu) (International Sales Contracts Arranged by Conventions Including Material Rules and A Success of Uniformity: United Nations Convention on Contracts for The International Sale of Goods (CISG)); Journal of Galatasaray University Faculty of Law, 2017

– Hakemlerin Tarafsız ve Bağımsız Olmamasının Tenfiz Engelleri Açısından İncelenmesi (Review of Partiality and Dependence of Arbitrators in Terms of Restraints of Enforcement); On İki Levha Publishing, 2016

– Milletlerarası Ticari Tahkimde Hakemlerin Bağımsızlık Yükümlülüğü (Independence of Arbitrators in International Commercial Arbitration); On İki Levha Publishing, 2016

– Milletlerarası Tahkimde Yargılama Masraflarının Hak Arama Özgürlüğüne Etkisi ve Sonuçları (Impacts and Consequences of Arbitration Costs on the Right of Access to Justice in International Arbitration); Journal of Bahçeşehir University, 2015

– Yabancılar ve Uluslararası Koruma Kanunu Uyarınca Öngörülen Uluslararası Koruma Türleri (Types of International Protection Provided by Law on Foreigners and International Protection); Journal of Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law, 2015

– Uluslararası Özel Hukuk’ta Bitmeyen Tartışma: Atıf (Renvoi) Teorisi, Uygulaması ve Değerlendirmesi (A Never-Ending Issue of Private International Law: The Renvoi Theory – Its Application and Evaluation); Journal of Galatasaray University Faculty of Law, 2014

– Uluslararası Sözleşmelere Uygulanacak Kuralları Belirleyen Yöntemlere Eleştirel Bakış (A Critical Approach to the Methods of Determining the Rules to be Applied to International Conventions); Journal of Galatasaray University Faculty of Law, 2011

– Encyclopédie Juris Classeur Droit Comparé, Chapitre Intitulé: Le Fascicule Turquie – Droit Civil

– Le Statut Juridique De La Femme Turque Du Passé au Présent; Les Cahiers De L’Orient, 2007

– İsviçre Uluslararası Özel Hukuk Kanunu’nun 186. Maddesinde Yapılan Son Değişiklik Üzerine İnceleme (Review of the Last Amendment to Article 186 of Federal Act on Private International Law (Switzerland)); Journal of Galatasaray University Faculty of Law, 2006

– Online Tahkim (Online Arbitration); Journal of Galatasaray University Faculty of Law, 2004
- Theses
– Milletlerarası Ticari Tahkim ve Etik (International Commercial Arbitration and Ethics), Professorship Thesis, 2022.

– Milletlerarası Ticari Tahkimde Hakemlerin Bağımsızlık Yükümlülüğü (Independence of Arbitrators in International Commercial Arbitration), Associate Professorship Thesis, 2016

– Uluslararası Ticari Tahkim ve Geçici Hukuki Koruma Tedbirleri (International Commercial Arbitration and Interim Measures), PhD Thesis, 2010

– Uluslararası Satım Sözleşmelerine Uygulanacak Hukuk ve Maddi Uluslararası Özel Hukuk Kuralları (Applicable Law to International Sales Contracts and Material Rules of Private International Law), Master’s Thesis, 2002
Speaking
- Moderator at the ICC YAAF Conference on “Rules Governing Arbitral Proceedings” in Istanbul (March 2023).
- Speaker at Marmara Arbitration School on “Milletlerarası Tahkimde Etik” (Ethics in International Arbitration) (2022)
- Speaker at Altınbaş University Arbitration School on “Hakem Seçme Usulü ve Hakemin Reddi” (The Procedure of the Appointment of Arbitrator and Refusal of Arbitrator) (2021)
- Speaker at HukukArtı on “Hakemlerin Seçimi ile Tarafsızlığı ve Bağımsızlığı (Appointment, Impartiality and Independence of Arbitrators) (2021)
- Speaker at Galatasaray University Faculty of Law and ISTAC Arbitration Agreement Symposium on “805 Sayılı İktisadi Müesseselerde Mecburi Türkçe Kullanılması Hakkında Kanun’un Tahkim Anlaşmasının Geçerliliğine Etkisi” (The Effect of Law No. 805 on Compulsory Use of the Turkish Language by Economic Enterprises on the Validity of Arbitration Agreement” (2021)
- Speaker at Marmara University Arbitration and Mediation School on “Hakemlerin Tarafsızlığı ve Bağımsızlığı” (Impartiality and Independence of Arbitrators) (2020)
- Speaker at Arbitration Center of Istanbul Bar Association on “Tahkimde Etik”(Ethics in Arbitration) (2020)
- Speaker at Marmara University Arbitration and Mediation School on “Tahkimde Tarafsızlık ve Bağımsızlık” (Impartiality and Independence in Arbitration) (2020)
- Speaker at the Arbitration Agreement and Applicable Law Symposium organized by Galatasaray University Faculty of Law on “Ödeme Güçlüğü İçinde Bulunma Halinin Tahkim Anlaşmasının Geçerliliğine Etkisi” (The Impact of Hardship on the Validity of Arbitration Agreement) (2019)
- Speaker at Swiss-Turkish Law Week on “İflas ve Konkordatonun Tahkim Anlaşmasına Etkisi” (The Impact of Bankruptcy and Concordat on Arbitration Agreement) (2019)
- Speaker at Current Issues in Private International Law Symposium organized by Antalya Bilim University on “Kanunlar İhtilafı Kuralları Tehdit Altında mı?” (Are Conflict of Law Rules Under Threat?) (2018)
- Speaker at Istanbul Arbitration Association on “ISTA Hakem Etik Kuralları”(ISTA Rules on Arbitrators’ Ethics) (2018)
- Speaker at MEF University on “Türk Hukukunda ve Karşılaştırmalı Hukukta Yabancıların Seçme ve Seçilme Hakkı” (Foreigner’s right to vote and stand for election in Turkish Law and Comparative Law) (2018)
- Speaker at International Migration in the 21st Century on “Göçmen ve Vatandaşlık” (The Immigrant and the Citizenship (2018)
- Speaker at Galatasaray University Faculty of Law Immigration, Asylum and Law Symposium on “Göç ve İltica Hukukunda Terminoloji Sorunu ve Uluslararası Koruma Statüleri” (Terminology Problem in Immigration and Asylum Law and International Protection Status) (2018)
- Speaker at International Conference on International Migration in the 21st Century organized by Galatasaray University Faculty of Law on “Çocuk Mültecilerin Hukuki Statüsü” (Legal Status of Child Refugees) (2017)
- Speaker at “Current Issues in Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Court Decisions and Arbitral Awards” Symposium organized by Galatasaray University Faculty of Law on “Hakemlerin Tarafsız ve Bağımsız Olmamasının Tenfiz Engelleri Açısından İncelenmesi” (Analysis of the Impartiality and Independence of Arbitrators in Terms of Refusal Grounds for Enforcement) (2016)
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