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Our Team

  • Turkish
  • Persian
  • Immigration and foreigners' law
  • Citizenship
  • Criminal
  • Administrative
  • Aydın GÜVEN

    Attorney · Sworn Translator

  • Born in Iran in 1978, he graduated from Islamic Azad University of Zanjan in Iran in 2006. He completed his legal traineeship in Iran and, after practising there for some time, came to Türkiye in 2011. Soon after arriving, in 2012, he began a master's degree in Commercial Law at Gazi University Faculty of Law.

  • After completing his master's degree in Commercial Law at Gazi University in Türkiye in 2016, he began a second master's degree in the Department of Insurance at Gazi University that same year, graduating successfully in 2018.

  • In 2020 he completed all of his degree-equivalence courses at Hacettepe University in Türkiye and graduated, and since 2022 he has practised as an attorney in Ankara as a member of the Ankara Bar Association. He speaks Persian and Turkish.

  • In his legal practice he works mainly in immigration and foreigners' law, particularly for Iranians, and works in civil, criminal, administrative, refugee and citizenship law as well as other areas of private law.

  • Education and career

  • Islamic Azad University of Zanjan 2002-2006
  • Gazi University, Master's in Commercial Law-2012-2016
  • Gazi University, Master's in Insurance-2016-2018
  • Hacettepe University Faculty of Law -2020-2021
  • Attorney, Ankara Bar Association-2022-Present
  • Sworn Translator-2021-Present
  • Turkish
  • English
  • Refugee and foreigners' law
  • Citizenship
  • Divorce
  • Mediation
  • Abdurrahman PEHLİVAN

    Attorney · Mediator

  • Born in the capital, Ankara, in 1990, he graduated from Gazi University Faculty of Law in Ankara in 2012. He has practised as an attorney in Ankara as a member of the Ankara Bar Association since 2013.

  • In 2018 he qualified as a conciliator and works as a conciliator attached to the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. In 2019 he began a master's degree in Public Law at Atılım University, which he is still pursuing. Since 2020 he has also practised as a qualified mediator. Having obtained certificates in employment law, commercial law and insurance law, he serves as a specialist mediator.

  • Since 2016 he has been an active member of the Ankara Bar Association Refugee Rights Centre. Apart from refugee law, he has served on boards of the Ankara Bar Association such as the Consumer Rights Centre Board and the Tax and Administrative Law Board.

  • In his legal practice he works in refugee law, immigration and foreigners' law, citizenship applications and follow-up, divorce cases, real estate law, inheritance law, compensation law, administrative law, employment and social security law, insurance law, criminal law, tenancy law and other areas of private law. He speaks English.

  • Education and career

  • Gazi University Faculty of Law, Ankara 2008 – 2012
  • Attorney, Ankara Bar Association 2013 – Present
  • Conciliator, Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office – 2018 – Present
  • Atılım University, Master's in Public Law 2019 – Present
  • Mediator – 2020 – Present
  • Turkish
  • Immigration and foreigners' law
  • Intellectual property and trademarks
  • Divorce
  • Court-appointed expert
  • Canan PEHLİVAN

    Attorney · Court-appointed Expert · Mediator

  • Born in Bayburt in 1990, she completed her secondary education in Konya and graduated from Gazi University Faculty of Law in Ankara in 2012. She has practised as an attorney in Ankara as a member of the Ankara Bar Association since 2013.

  • In 2019 she began a master's degree in Public Law at Atılım University, which she is still pursuing. Since 2020 she has also practised as a qualified mediator. Having obtained certificates in employment law, commercial law and insurance law, she serves as a specialist mediator.

  • She has served on boards of the Ankara Bar Association such as the Intellectual Property and Competition Board, the Consumer Rights Centre Board and the Tax and Administrative Law Board. She also acts as a court-appointed expert in intellectual property law and trademark law.

  • In her legal practice she works in immigration and foreigners' law, citizenship applications and follow-up, intellectual property law, divorce cases, divorce cases involving foreigners, real estate law, inheritance law, compensation law, administrative law, employment and social security law, insurance law, criminal law, tenancy law and other areas of private law.

  • Education and career

  • Gazi University Faculty of Law, Ankara 2008 – 2012
  • Attorney, Ankara Bar Association 2013 – Present
  • Atılım University, Master's in Public Law 2019 – Present
  • Mediator – 2020 – Present
  • Court-appointed Expert- 2021 – Present

OUR PARTNERS

  • Persian
  • Turkish
  • English
  • Tehran Bar Association
  • Private law
  • Mehdi CEFERZADE

  • In his legal practice he works in refugee law, immigration and foreigners' law, citizenship applications and follow-up, divorce cases, real estate law, inheritance law, compensation law, administrative law, employment and social security law, insurance law, criminal law, tenancy law and other areas of private law. He speaks English, Persian and Turkish.

  • University of Tabriz Faculty of Law 2000-2004 Bachelor's Tabriz/Iran
  • Master's 2007-2011 Private Law, Payame Noor University Tehran/Iran
  • Legal traineeship: Iran Central Bar Association, Tehran
  • Attorney, member of the Iran Central Bar Association, Tehran 2008
  • Address: Tohid Sq., Eskandari Shomali St. No:47 Unit:11 Tehran/Iran

  • Persian
  • Turkish
  • English
  • East Azerbaijan Bar Association
  • IT law
  • Hamid VALAEİ

  • In his legal practice he works in refugee law, immigration and foreigners' law, citizenship applications and follow-up, divorce cases, real estate law, inheritance law, compensation law, administrative law, employment and social security law, insurance law, criminal law, tenancy law and other areas of private law. He speaks English, Persian and Turkish.

  • University of Tabriz Faculty of Law 2000-2004 Bachelor's Tabriz/Iran
  • Master's 2009-2012 University of Tabriz Faculty of Law
  • PhD 2023-present University of Tabriz Faculty of Law
  • Career
  • Attorney, member of the East Azerbaijan Bar Association 2007
  • Researcher in Information and Communication Technology Law
  • Journalist
  • Social Media I Work On and Manage
  • Azar Vakil
  • “Iran and Türkiye Lawyers Group” Telegram channel and Instagram page
  • Hamid Valaei on Telegram

  • Hamid Valaei on Instagram

  • Information and communication technology rights Telegram channel and Instagram page
  • ITLAW on Telegram

  • ITLAW Azar Vakil on Instagram

  • Telegram channel and Instagram page of the Azarvakil legal group
  • Yasa Law on Telegram

  • Azar Vakil Law Firm on Instagram

  • Articles and books
  • Numerous articles on a variety of subjects written for various publications and conferences
  • Statute booklets I have published on the Penal Code, the Family Protection Law and the Cheque Law