TUFEKCI LAW FIRM - Key Persons


Aynur (Aydan) Ünal

Job Titles:
  • Paralegal
Aynur is a graduate of Business Management at Zonguldak Karaelmas University. As an experienced paralegal, she supports the team for debt collection procedures before Execution/Bailiffs Offices.

Binnur Ayaz

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant
Binnur has almost 30 years of experience in administrative matters and accounting in various sectors such as insurance, foreign trade, ship building and machinery manufacturing. She assists the team with the day-to-day business and accounting.

Cemal Tüfekçi

Job Titles:
  • Tax Advisor
  • Tax Law Advisor
Cemal is a tax law advisor of Tufekci Law Firm. He is a leading specialist in tax-related disputes in Turkish jurisdiction. Cemal has his bachelor's degree from the Public Finance Department of Political Science Faculty of Ankara University (1982). After his graduation, he worked as a tax inspector/financial analyst at the Ministry of Finance. He then worked as a senior tax and company advisor, as well as serving as a board member of several leading energy and media companies. He has been working as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) since 1998. He also acts as an independent auditor. Cemal regularly speaks at tax law, company law, and auditing events, as well as provides in-house seminars to the clients. He is also a member of the editorial committee of the leading periodic tax law publication in Turkey, namely Vergi Dünyası.

Dilara Özak

Job Titles:
  • Associate
Dilara has graduated from Istanbul University in 2016 and has been a member of the Istanbul Bar Association since January 2018.

Enes İkiz

Job Titles:
  • Legal Intern
Enes is a graduate of Medipol University Faculty of Law, Class of 2022. He focuses on contracts law, commercial law, maritime law and assists the team with legal research and submissions. He is fluent in English.

Gökçe Keser

Job Titles:
  • Associate
Graduated from Yeditepe University in 2018, She has been a member of the Istanbul Bar Association since 2019. She has significant knowledge and experience in labor law, commercial litigation, intellectual property law, contracts law and enforcement law. Gökçe is fluent in English.

Mehmet Hakan Tüfekçi - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner
  • Founding Co - Partner
Hakan is a founding co-partner of Tufekci Law Firm with a specific focus on Maritime and Transportation Law, Insurance and Reinsurance Law, International Commercial Law, Arbitration, Ship Finance and maritime-related Tax Law. He has his LL.B from Marmara University in Istanbul (2003), LL.M from the University of Wales Swansea, UK (2006), and he is a Ph.D. candidate at Galatasaray University (Université Galatasaray) in Istanbul. Hakan also lectured Maritime Law at Maritime College of Recep Tayyip Erdogan University (then Rize University) between 2013-2015 and currently is a lecturer at Medipol University Faculty of Law. As a Turkish-qualified lawyer, Hakan has over 20 years of experience in maritime and commercial legal matters. He has worked with and represented shipowners, charterers, bunker companies, brokers, insurers, agricultural traders, and banks. Hakan regularly speaks at international commercial law and international maritime law events and provides in-house seminars to his clients. He has had numerous articles published in law journals in Turkey and the UK. Hakan also holds UEFA Football Law Programme Certificate. Hakan is a former member of the Ethics Committee at the Turkish Football Federation. He is currently acting as the UEFA Players' Status, Transfer and Agents and Match Agents Committee member, the Chairman of the Discipline Committee of the Turkish Chamber of Shipping, and the Chairman of the Maritime Law Committee of the Istanbul Bar Association.

Melda Erkal

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Member of the Istanbul Bar Association
Graduated from Yeditepe University in 2021, Melda is a member of the Istanbul Bar Association since 2022. She mainly focuses on Maritime and Transportation Law, Contracts Law, and Labor Law. Melda is fluent in English.

Miray Osmanoğulları

Job Titles:
  • Legal Intern
Miray is a graduate of Medipol University in 2023. She focuses on commercial law, labour law and assists the team with legal research and submissions. Miray is fluent in English.

Nebibe Doğanışık Tüfekçi - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner

Sena Ercan

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Member of the Istanbul Bar Association
Graduated from Bilkent University in 2020, Sena has been a member of the Istanbul Bar Association since 2021. She has significant knowledge and experience in maritime law, labor law, commercial law, intellectual property law, contracts law and enforcement law. Sena is fluent in English.

Tahsin Kapçı

Job Titles:
  • Associate
Graduated from Kocaeli University in 2019, He has been a member of the Istanbul Bar Association since 2020. He has significant knowledge and experience in trademark law, maritime law, labor law, commercial litigation, intellectual property law, contracts law and enforcement law. Tahsin has a good command of English.

Uğurcan Özgül

Job Titles:
  • Legal Intern
Uğurcan is a graduate of Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law, Class of 2022. He focuses on litigation and commercial law and assists the team with legal research and submissions. He is fluent in English.