Biography
Res. Asst. PhD Abdullah Vefa Karatas graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Law in 2013. Karatas completed his legal internship at the Ankara Bar Association in 2014. He received the title of science expert in 2017 with his thesis "Press Freedom During The Reign of Abdulhamid II" at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Public Law. Karatas was awarded TUBITAK BİDEB 2211/A General Domestic Doctoral Scholarship in 2018. In the same year, he carried out academic activities in Rotterdam, the Netherlands within the scope of Erasmus+ Internship Mobility. Karatas, who completed the conciliation training in 2019, successfully passed the exam in 2021 and was entitled to become a conciliator. At the same time, after the mediation training he completed in 2019, he passed the exam held in 2022 and received the title of mediator. Karatas earned the title of doctor in Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Public Law with his thesis titled "Appeal in the Ottoman Procedural Law of the Tanzimat Period" in 2024. Karatas, who has been working as a research assistant at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University Faculty of Law since 2015, has articles and transcriptions in the field of history of law.
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Education
2017 - 2024
2017 - 2024Doctorate
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Hukuk Fakültesi, Kamu Hukuku, Turkey
2015 - 2017
2015 - 2017Postgraduate
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Hukuk Fakültesi, Kamu Hukuku, Turkey
2009 - 2013
2009 - 2013Undergraduate
Marmara University, Faculty Of Law, Turkey
Dissertations
2024
2024Doctorate
Appeal in the Ottoman Procedural Law of the Tanzimat Period
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Hukuk Fakültesi, Kamu Hukuku
2017
2017Postgraduate
Press Freedom During The Reign of Abdulhamid II
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Hukuk Fakültesi, Kamu Hukuku
Certificates, Courses and Trainings
2019
2019Uzlaştırmacı Eğitimi
Vocational Training
Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi
2019
2019Arabuluculuk Eğitimi
Vocational Training
Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi
2013
2013Avukatlık Stajı
Vocational Course
Ankara Barosu
Research Areas
Research Areas Based on Academic Activities
Avesis Research Areas
WoS Research Areas
Scopus Research Areas
Academic Positions
2025 - Continues
2025 - ContinuesAssistant Professor
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Hukuk Fakültesi, Kamu Hukuku
2015 - 2025
2015 - 2025Research Assistant
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Hukuk Fakültesi, Kamu Hukuku
Articles
2025
20251. Fetvalar ve Şer‘iyye Sicilleri Işığında Klasik Dönem Osmanlı Hukukunda Kasâme Uygulaması ve İdarenin Sorumluluğu
Karataş A. V.
Çukurova Üniversitesi Hukuk Araştırmaları Dergisi , no.8, pp.259-299, 2025 (TRDizin)
2023
20232. Appealable Court Decisions in Civil Procedure of the Tanzimat Period: A Study in Scope of The Decisions Published in Ceride-i Mehâkim
Karataş A. V.
Adalet Dergisi , vol.1, no.70, pp.571-612, 2023 (TRDizin)
2022
20223. The Overseeing Role Of Shaykh Al-Islam On The Padishah
Berber Y. E., Karataş A. V.
Kırıkkale Hukuk Mecmuası (Online)
, vol.2, no.1, pp.235-262, 2022 (TRDizin)
2020
20204. Kul System In Turkish Legal History
Karataş A. V.
Yıldırım Beyazıt Hukuk Dergisi , no.1, pp.153-188, 2020 (TRDizin)
2019
20195. Comparison Of Divan-i Humayun And Pasha Divan -Manisa Şehzâde Sarayı Dîvânı As A Sample-
Karataş A. V.
Adalet Dergisi , vol.1,2, no.63, pp.235-264, 2019 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Papers Presented at Peer-Reviewed Scientific Conferences
2026
20261. A Institution Unique to Ottoman Law in the Tanzimat Period: Icra-yi Muvakkat
Karataş A. V.
IV. Uluslararası Türk Hukuk Tarihi Kongresi, İstanbul, Turkey, 17 - 18 April 2026, pp.256-259, (Summary Text)
2024
20242. 1879 Tarihli Usul-i Muhakemât-ı Cezaiye Kanununda Ormanlarla İlgili Davalarda Orman İdaresine Tanınan Görev ve Yetkiler
KARATAŞ A. V.
Uluslararası Afet, Çevre ve Hukuk Kongresi, 10 - 12 October 2024, pp.65-67, (Summary Text)
Books
2026
20261. Hukuk-ı Aile Kararnamesi İle Türk Kanunu Medenisi'nin Hüküm ve Müesseselerinin Karşılaştırılması
Karataş A. V.
in: Türk Kanunu Medenisi ve Cumhuriyet, Ahmet Kılınç, Editor, Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Yayınları, Ankara, pp.73-134, 2026
2024
20242. Tanzimat Dönemi Osmanlı Yargılama Hukukunda İstinaf
Karataş A. V.
Adalet Yayınevi, Ankara, 2024
2021
20213. Tabiiyet Kanunu ve Tabiiyet Kalemi Harç Tarifesi
KAYAR B., KARATAŞ A. V.
in: Osmanlı Hukukçuları Gözünden Tabiiyet Hukuku, KILINÇ AHMET, Editor, Adalet Bakanlığı Yayınları, pp.159-206, 2021
2021
20214. Şerh-i Kanun-i Tabiiyet
KARAKAYA H., KARATAŞ A. V., ARGUNHAN B., KAYAR B., DOĞANGÜZEL S. B., ÖZTÜRK M. N.
in: Osmanlı Hukukçuları Gözünden Tabiiyet Hukuku, KILINÇ AHMET, Editor, Adalet Bakanlığı Yayınları, Ankara, pp.55-86, 2021
Scholarships
2018 - 2024
2018 - 2024