The “Symposium on Arbitration in Individual Labor Disputes” organized in cooperation with our University, the Turkish Public Employers’ Association of Heavy Industry and Service Sector (TÜHİS), and our University's International Arbitration Practice and Research Center, was held on October 19, 2026.
The opening speeches of the symposium were delivered by Dr. Şerefettin GÜLER, Deputy Secretary-General of TÜHİS, and Prof. Dr. Ali Cengiz KÖSEOĞLU, Rector of our University. The symposium took place in three sessions, chaired by Prof. Dr. Ali Cengiz KÖSEOĞLU, Rector of our University; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seracettin GÖKTAŞ, Head of the 9th Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation (Yargıtay); and Prof. Dr. Murat ATALI, Head of the Department of Civil Procedure and Execution-Bankruptcy Law at Istanbul University Faculty of Law. With the participation of our Dean, Prof. Dr. Neslihan KARATAŞ DURMUŞ, our faculty members contributed to the symposium through presentations: Prof. Dr. Ersin ERDOĞAN, Head of the Department of Private Law and the Department of Civil Procedure and Execution-Bankruptcy Law at our faculty, presented on “An Evaluation of Arbitrators’ Independence and Impartiality in Terms of Labor Disputes” while Assist. Prof. Dr. Cansu KORKMAZ, faculty member of the Department of Civil Procedure and Execution-Bankruptcy Law and Director of our University’s International Arbitration Practice and Research Center, presented on “Arbitration Practices in the Resolution of Individual Labor Disputes in Comparative Law”. In this highly productive symposium, which was attended by numerous members of the judiciary and practitioners alongside academics, our faculty members Assist. Prof. Dr. Cansu KORKMAZ, Assist. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Zahid YENER, Res. Assist. Yaren YİTKİN, Res. Assist. Hüseyin Mert KAHYAOĞLU, Res. Assist. Betül CANATAN, Res. Assist. Emir ÖZERGEN, Res. Assist. Günay Atakan USTAOĞLU, Res. Assist. Hüdai ÜNAL, Res. Assist. Tuğçe KORKMAZ, and the Arbitration Society consisting of our faculty students took active roles throughout the symposium process.
