Tell us about your career choice and journey. And what made you decide to get into Intellectual Property and Trademark law? Deriş is one of the oldest law firms in Turkey established in 1912 by my great grand-father and I am the 4th generation of the family. I was introduced to IP law at very …
Tell us about your career choice and journey. What inspired you to become a lawyer? At first, I met a law professor through my aunt and was inspired by her while choosing this profession. Also, I was watching a TV series about the struggle of lawyers in their professional lives at that time. I was …
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Tell us about your career choice and journey. What inspired you to become a lawyer? My interest to study law probably arose in high school. In fact, there were no other lawyers in my family who could inspire me to follow this path. However, the goal of mine has always been to have positive impact …
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Tell us about your career choice and journey. What inspired you to become a lawyer? I have decided to be a lawyer when I was 12. Although my mother was also a lawyer, she did not support me on this idea stating that it would be hard education and career for me. I did not …
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What led you to become an attorney? I have always had an opinion, a judgement on topics like politics, social judgement, values, social awareness and history in social and family settings. However, I was always told to show some respect and listen without interfering as I was still young, and did not have enough knowledge …
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What was it that made you want to become a lawyer? As a matter of fact, I have wanted to become a lawyer for almost as long as I can remember. I suppose I was influenced to a large degree by my older brother, who is ten years my senior and a highly-regarded lawyer in …
What was it that made you want to become a lawyer? Having an impact in the society we live in has always mattered to me, even when I was very young. As a woman with a sense of agency; being able to take my own decisions, contribute personally to changes in the society and my …
Tell us about your career choice and your journey. In fact, I was not dreaming to be a lawyer when I was in high school and before that. I wanted to engage in law as a social science and expected to be an academician instead. Although I was advised by some of my lecturers to …
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Tell us about your career choice and journey. What inspired you to become an attorney? If you ask people about me, even the ones who don’t know me closely would tell you how much I like expressing my ideas publicly, how passionately and strongly I defend them and how insisting I am to protect the …
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Tell us about your career choice and journey. What was it that made you want to become a lawyer? It’s a bit strange. People usually decide to be a lawyer by seeing or experiencing one in the family. For me there was no one. I was telling everyone around me when I was a child …
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