Yasar Öztürk
Born in 1949 in Van/Turkiye, Yasar Öztürk graduated from the Faculty of Law of Istanbul University in 1970 admitted in practice in 1973 following completion of his compulsory military service and founded Yasar Öztürk Law Offices in Samsun. He held the position of general manager in one of Turkey's leading transport companies and set up the company's international cargo transport operations in 1976.He resigned after successfully putting the company in good standing and the operations well running mode and continued to work as a lawyer and managing partner in his own law firm presently under title of "Ozturk&Partners Law Offices" since then.
Member of Samsun Bar Association (1973), International Bar Association (1976), Committees
of Maritime and Transport Law, Insurance Law and Aeronautical Law, Council Member representing Turkey in Asia-Pacific Lawyers Association (1987), Associate Member of American Bar Association (1996), Lawyer Pilots Bar Association (1997), Samsun Turkish American Association (Chairman 1988-2005), Black Sea Aviation Club (Chairman 1988-1997), Turkish Airline Pilots Association (Chairman of Legal Committee), British-Turkish Lawyers Association (UK), Aviation Insurance Association (USA),Global Justice Forum(2007).
He was awarded with the medal of Cavaliero di San Silvestro (Knight) by Pope Jean Paul II for his legal services given to the Italian Catholic Churches in Turkey in 1987.
His book Business and Commercial Laws of Saudi Arabia was published in Turkish in 1984, his speech on " Problems in Multimodal Transports to Iran/Iraq via Turkey" in Strasbourg conference (1989) of International Bar Association was published by IBA. His articles on aviation law, transport law and bankruptcy issues appeared in the newsletters of IBA in 2004,2005 and 2006.His new work "Aircraft Leasing in Turkey" was published in 2005. His several articles on Turkish Law were published in APLA Journal in 1988 and 1989 by Asia Pacific Lawyers Association and various articles on how to set up a company and how to do business in Russian Federation were published in Dunya Newspaper (a daily economical and commercial newspaper published in Turkey), his numerous articles on aviation law were published in the Journal of Aviation College of Anatolian University, in Lloyd's Aviation Law, Turkish Aviation, View from Cockpit, Sky Messenger magazines. His books Aircraft Leasing in Turkey (English) and Aircraft Commander's Responsibility and Authority(Turkish) were published in January 2009, Aviation Law Issues(Turkish) in August 2009. His new works on Turkish Civil Aviation Law and Warsaw/Montreal Conventions in Turkish language are scheduled to be published in October 2009. He participated the works of Parliament's Commission on Air Labour Act as representative of Turkey Airline Pilots Association.
Specialized in Aviation Law, Air Finance, Maritime and Transport Law, Commercial Law, Insurance Law, Contracts Law, International Private Law, Banking Law, Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law, Foreign Investment Law, Torts and Indemnity Law, Litigation and Arbitration. He acts as an expert before the courts in the areas of his practice.
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