Biography
Esra Özen, born in Samsun in 1991, completed her primary, secondary, and high school education there, and studied for her bachelor's degree at Ankara University Faculty of Law from 2009 to 2013. Under Law No. 1416, she received a scholarship to study in Göttingen, Germany, at the Georg-August University Department of Labor and Social Security Law, where she completed her master's degree between 2015 and 2017 and her doctorate between 2018 and 2023 under the supervision of Prof. Rüdiger Krause. Her master's thesis was on temporary employment relationships, and her doctoral thesis was on whistleblowing. Between 2022 and 2024, she worked on a research project titled “Social Dimensions of European Union Law” at the same university's labor law department with Prof. Olaf Deinert and returned to Turkey in November 2023. As of February 2024, she is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Labor and Social Security Law at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University. She is fluent in English and German. Her publication list is available on the institution's website (see https://avesis.aybu.edu.tr/12122).
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Education
2017 - 2023
2017 - 2023Doctorate
Georg-August-Universitaet Göttingen, İş ve Sosyal Güvenlik Hukuku Anabilim Dalı, Germany
2015 - 2017
2015 - 2017Postgraduate
Georg-August-Universitaet Göttingen, Hukuk Fakültesi, Is ve Sosyal Güvenlik Hukuku, Germany
2009 - 2013
2009 - 2013Undergraduate
Ankara University, Hukuk Fakültesi, Turkey
Dissertations
2024
2024Doctorate
Der gute Glauben eines Whistleblowers
Georg-August-Universitaet Göttingen, IS VE SOSYAL GÜVENLIK HUKUKU ANABILIM DALI
2017
2017Postgraduate
Leiharbeit und betriebsbedingte Kündigung: Ein Rechtsvergleich zwischen Deutschland und der Türkei
Georg-August-Universitaet Göttingen, Hukuk Fakültesi, Is ve Sosyal Güvenlik Hukuku
Foreign Languages
C1 Advanced
C1 AdvancedGerman
B2 Upper Intermediate
B2 Upper IntermediateEnglish
Research Areas
Legal Aspects of Labor and Social Security
Academic Positions
2025 - Continues
2025 - ContinuesAssistant Professor
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Hukuk Fakültesi, Özel Hukuk
2024 - 2025
2024 - 2025Lecturer
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Hukuk Fakültesi, İş Ve Sosyal Güvenlik Hukuku
2022 - 2024
2022 - 2024Research Assistant
Georg-August-Universitaet Göttingen, Hukuk Fakültesi, İş ve Sosyal Güvenlik Hukuku
Managerial Experience
2025 - Present
2025 - PresentEngelsiz AYBÜ Birim Sorumlusu (Hukuk)
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University
2025 - Present
2025 - PresentTFM Yayın İşleri - Almanca Dil Editörü
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Hukuk Fakültesi
Courses
Articles
2025
20251. EVLENEN KADININ KIDEM TAZMİNATI HAKKI ÜZERİNE YENİDEN DÜŞÜNMEK
Özen E.
Eskişehir Barosu Dergisi , no.26, pp.64-88, 2025 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2025
20252. SİYONİZM KARŞITI GÖRÜŞLERİN DÜŞÜNCE VE İFADE ÖZGÜRLÜĞÜ KAPSAMINDA KORUNMASI: MILLER V. UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL- BRISTOL İŞ MAHKEMESI KARARI
Özen E.
Adalet Dergisi , no.74, pp.911-945, 2025 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2024
20243. Whistleblowing im türkischen Recht
Özen E.
Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi hukuk fakültesi dergisi
, vol.7, no.2, pp.350-369, 2024 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Papers Presented at Peer-Reviewed Scientific Conferences
2024
20241. TÜRK YARGISINDA WHİSTLEBLOWİNG: AVRUPA İNSAN HAKLARI MAHKEMESİ İÇTİHADI IŞIĞINDA BİR DEĞERLENDİRME
Özen E.
IV. Uluslararasi Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Hukuk Kongresi , Konya, Turkey, 17 - 18 May 2024, pp.136-139, (Summary Text)
Books
2025
20251. Die soziale Dimension des Unionsrechts in der Rechtsprechung des EuGH zu den individualarbeitsrechtlichen Fragen
ÖZEN E.
in: Die soziale Dimension des Unionsrechts in der Rechtsprechung des EuGH - Bedeutung und Wege zur Stärkung, Deinert Olaf, Hofmann Andreas, Thiel Philipp, Özen Esra, Editor, HSI-Schriftenreihe Bd. 57, Frankfurt am Main, pp.29-95, 2025
Other Publications
Congress and Symposium Activities
03 November 2025 - 07 November 2025
03 November 2025 - 07 November 2025ANKARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ HUKUK FAKÜLTESİ 21. Yüzyılda Hukukun Dönüşümü Sempozyumu
Invited Speaker
Ankara-Turkey
10 October 2025 - 11 October 2025
10 October 2025 - 11 October 2025
Bilkent University 5th Young Legal Scholars Symposium 2025
Invited Speaker
Ankara-Turkey
08 May 2025 - 09 May 2025
08 May 2025 - 09 May 2025Ceren Damar V. Bilim İnsanları Hukuk Sempozyumu
Invited Speaker
Ankara-Turkey
10 October 2024 - 10 October 2024
10 October 2024 - 10 October 2024Soziale Dimension des Europäischen Unionsrechts
Invited Speaker
Göttingen-Germany
17 May 2024 - 18 May 2024
17 May 2024 - 18 May 20244. Uluslararası Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Hukuk Kongresi
Invited Speaker
Konya-Turkey
Invited Talks
October 2024
October 2024Uluslararası Çalışma Örgütü (ILO) Normları Işığında Türkiye´de Kamu Görevlilerinin Sendikal Özgürlüğü
Conference
Memur-Sen-Turkey
Scholarships
2013 - 2023
2013 - 2023