: Assist.Prof.Dr, Bogazici University, Department of Political Science and International Relations (part-time Faculty)

Curriculum Vitae Olgun Akbulut E-mail: olgun.akbulut@khas.edu.tr Phone : 0212.5336532-1477 Fax : 0212.5340965 Adres : Kadir Has University Faculty of Law Cibali/Fatih/İstanbul TR-34089 Turkey Work Experience and Fellowships 2009- : Assist.Prof.Dr, Kadir Has University, Faculty of Law 2012-2013 : Visiting Fellow, Harvard Law School, Boston/USA 2010-2012 : Assist.Prof.Dr, Bogazici University, Department of Political Science and International Relations (part-time Faculty) 2011 : Short term research visit, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, Canada July-September 2011 2008-2009: Assist.Prof.Dr, Sabanci University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, (part-time, September 2008-June 2009) 2007-2010: Post-doctoral researcher at Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden (February-March 2007 & April-May 2008 & August-September 2009 & August-September 2010). 2006 : Guest researcher at the Institute for Human Rights, Ǻbo Akademi University, Ǻbo/Turku, Finland (February - April 2006). 2004-2006: Guest researcher at Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden (August 2004 February 2006, and May-June 2006). 1998-2004 : Research and teaching assistant, Department of Public Law, Law Faculty, University of Istanbul. Education 2002-2007: PhD in International Human Rights Law, Faculty of Law, University of Istanbul. Thesis title: The Evolution of Minority Rights in International Law and Current Legal Problems. 1

2001-2002: LLM, Mediterranean Master s in Human Rights and Democratization, University of Malta, with a dissertation on Humanitarian Intervention for Human Rights Protection: Kosovo Case prepared at Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Faculty of Law, Lund University. 1998-2001: LLM, Department of Public Law, Social Sciences Institute, University of Istanbul, with a thesis on Direct Democracy. 1993-1997: LLB, Faculty of Law, University of Istanbul. Others with diploma or certificate: 2008: Nordic Research Training Course on Human Rights and Evidence conducted by the Nordic School on Human Rights Research in co-operation with the Saaremaa University Centre, 01-06 June 2008, Saaremaa/Estonia. Presentation topic: Parental rights to religious education 2006: Nordic Research Training Course on Human Rights, Democracy and Constitutionalism, conducted by the Nordic School on Human Rights Research in co-operation with the Danish Institute for Human Rights and University of Copenhagen, 28 May-2 June 2006, Copenhagen/Denmark. 2005: Advanced Course on International Protection of Human Rights, conducted by the Institute for Human Rights, Ǻbo Akademi University, 15 26 August 2005, Ǻbo/Turku, Finland. 2005: Nordic Research Training Course on Human Rights, Collective Rights, Indigenous Peoples Law and Environmental Law, conducted by the Nordic School on Human Rights Research, 5-10 June 2005, Tromsø/Sommarøya, Norway. 2005: Course on Challenges to International Humanitarian Law, conducted by the Institute for Human Rights, Ǻbo Akademi University, in co-operation with the Finnish Red Cross, 9 13 May 2005, Ǻbo/Turku, Finland. 2001: Basic course on International Protection of Human Rights, conducted by the Institute for Human Rights, Ǻbo Akademi University, 19 February 2 March 2001, Ǻbo/Turku, Finland. 1998: Lawyer apprenticeship program of the Istanbul Bar Association, Lawyer Training Center. Six months of study with elected courses on national and international protection of human rights. Graduate paper: References to the International Instruments on Human Rights in the Judgments of Turkish Constitutional Court. Academic Publications - Articles 2016: Why Do We Need a New Constiution in Turkey, Güncel Hukuk, No. 146, February 2016, pp. 14-16. 2

2015: Turkey s Reaction to the Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, International Journal of Multidisiplinary Thought, Vol. 5, No.2, 2015, pp. 75-86. 2014: Is there a Right to Demonstration in Turkey? Law and Practice Before and After Gezi, Int. J. of Arts and Sci., Vol. 7, No. 5, 2014, pp. 307-318. 2014: Can Presidential Elections be Brought to Constiutional Complaint Procedure, Legal Law Review, Istanbul, December 2014, pp. 245-265. 2014: Comments on the Judgment of the Turkish Consitutional Court on the Law Concerning the Presidential Elections, Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 3, No. 5, 2014, pp. 329-343. 2014: The Place of Human Rights Conventions under the Hiearachy of Norms in Turkish Constitutional System, Bahçeşehir University Law Review, March-April 2014, Vol. 9, No. 115-116, pp. 7-47. 2013: Interaction Between International Human Rights Law and Turkish Domestic Law, Humanities and Social Sciences Review, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2013, pp. 97-104. 2013: Right to Raise Children According to Political and Philosophical Convictions, Güncel Hukuk, No. 132, December 2014, pp. 12-14. 2013: Protesto Hakkı, Güncel Hukuk, No. 117, September 2013, pp. 12-14. 2012: Turkish Citizenship Debate in the Process of Preparing a New Constitution, Int. J. of Arts and Sci., Vol. 5, No. 2, 2012, pp. 111-115. 2012: Official Language and Its Codification in Constitutions, Union of Turkish Bar Associations Review, Vol. 25, No. 102, September-October 2012, pp. 115-148. 2012: Language Rights at Courts, Guncel Hukuk, No. 102, June 2012, pp. 12-14. 2012: The Constitutional Amendments Regarding the Presidential Elections and Their Influences on the Political System in Turkey, Essays for the Memory of Prof.Dr. Mehmet Akad, University of Marmara, Faculty of Law Publications, Istanbul, 2012, pp. 1-23. 2011: Constitutional Complaint Procedure, Guncel Hukuk, No. 96, December 2011, pp. 8-11. 2011: The Term of Office of the President: 7 Years or 5 Years?, Guncel Hukuk, No. 90, June 2011, pp. 28-30. 2011: Right to a Mother Tongue Education, Guncel Hukuk, No. 85, January 2011, pp. 12-14. 2010: Criteria Developed by the European Court of Human Rights on the Dissolution of Political Parties, Fordham Int. L.J., Vol. 34, No. 46, New York, December 2010, pp. 46-77. 3

2010: A Critical Analysis of Current Legal Developments on the Political Participation of Minorities in Turkey, International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, Vol. 17, No. 4, Brill Publishers, The Hague, November 2010, pp. 551-560. 2010: Popular Initiatives in Switzerland and Minaret Referendum, Essays for the Memory of Prof.Dr. Rona Serozan, On İki Levha Publications, Istanbul, 2010, pp. 1855-1875. 2010: Referendum as a Tool of Direct Democracy, Essays for the Memory of Prof.Dr. Ali Guzel, Marmara University Faculty of Law Publications, Istanbul, 2010, pp. 1497-1518. 2008: Parental Religious Rights vs. Compulsory Religious Education, co-authored with Z.O. Usal, International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, Vol. 15, No. 4, Brill Publishers, The Hague, November 2008, pp. 433-455. 2008: Evaluation of Military Disciplinary Courts under the ECHR, Guncel Hukuk, No. 57, September 2008, pp. 52-54. 2008: Legal Basis of Living Together in Peace, On Iki Levha Publications, Istanbul, 2008, 402 pages. 2007: Human Rights are Expanding: How will the Ratification of the OP1 of the ICCPR Increase Turkey s Human Rights Obligations, Guncel Hukuk, No. 40, April 2007, pp. 36-42. 2005: The State of Political Participation of Minorities in Turkey An Analysis under the ECHR and the ICCPR, International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, Vol. 12, Brill Publishers, The Hague, December 2005, pp. 375-395. 2004: The State of Turkish Model in Modernization Process, in Dedication to Bulent Tanor, Legal Publishers, Istanbul, 2004, pp. 1-30. 2004: Humanitarian Intervention for Human Rights Protection: Kosovo Case, (revised edition of second master thesis), in Annales de la Faculté de Droit d Istanbul, Vol. 36, No. 53, Beta Publishers, Istanbul, 2004, pp. 3-93. 2002: Right to a Fair Trial (ECHR A. 6), in Revue de Faculté de Droit de l Université de Galatasaray, January 2002, Year 1, No. 1, Beta Publishers, Istanbul, 2002, pp. 175-208. 2001: Judicial Protection of Environmental Rights, in Dedication to 20th Anniversary of School of Justice, Beta Publishers, Istanbul, 2001, pp. 1-21. 2000: Ex-Eastern Block Countries- Becoming a Party to Human Rights Conventions Compliance, in Public and Private International Law Bulletin, Year 17-18, Number 1-2, The Research Center of International Law and International Relations, Beta Publishers, Istanbul, 2000, pp. 1-35. 4

Academic Publications Books and Book Chapters 2016: Turkey and the Convention: A Tool for Europenisation, in Criticism on the European Court of Human Rights. Shifting the Convention System: Counter- Dynamics at the National and EU-Level, due to be published by Intersentia, 2016. 2013: Right to Education, in European Convention on Human Rights and the Constitution (Section 15) Sibel İnceoğlu (Ed.), COE Publications, Ankara, 2013, pp. 533-542. 2013: Electoral Rights, in European Convention on Human Rights and the Constitution (Section 16) Sibel İnceoğlu (Ed.), COE Publications, Ankara, 2013, pp. 543-555. 2013: Right to Assembly and Association, in European Convention on Human Rights and the Constitution (Section 15) Sibel İnceoğlu (Ed.),, COE Publications, Ankara, 2013, pp. 381-424 2008: Legal Basis of Living Together in Peace, XII Levha Publications, Istanbul, 2008, 402 pages. 2003: Internationalization of Human Rights, Section III of the book The Historical Developments of Human Rights, published with the support of the EU by the Social Participation and Development Foundation, Istanbul, 2003, pp. 53-80. Articles and Interviews Appeared in Magazines, Newspapers and Newsletters 2012: The Aftermath of US Presidential Elections?, Radikal Iki, 30 November 2012, p. 7. 2012: Which Autonomy?, Radikal Iki, 28 April 2012, p. 7. 2012: How to Regulate Mother Tongue Education?, Radikal Iki, 18 March 2012, p. 8. 2012: Council of Europe report slams Turkey over judicial sytem, human rights, Southeast Europe Times, 18 January 2012. 2011: Is Turkey a Model Country?, Haberturk, 28 February 2011, p. 20, http://www.haberturk.com 2010: Military Courts in the Constitutional Amendment Package, Haberturk, 02 August 2010, p. 20. 2010: Why YOK has not Taken Place in the Constitutional Amendment Package?, Short Interview, Birgün, 25 July 2010, p. 7. 2010: Rule of Law and the State of Judiciary in the Constitutional Amendment Package, KHAS Dergi, V. 37, April-May 2010, p. 24-25. 2009: On the Minaret Referendum, Direct Democracy and Multiculturalism in 5

Switzerland, Acik Gazete, 14.12.2009, http://www.acikgazete.com/sizden/2009/12/14/isvicre-de-minare-referandumu.htm 2009: Minaret Referendum in a Western Democracy, Haber Turk, 09.12.2009, p. 20, http://www.haberturk.com 2009: West Rewarded Islamofobia, Acik Gazete, 04.04.2009, http://www.acikgazete.com/sizden/2009/04/04/bati-islam-dusmanliginiodullendirdi.htm 2007: Importance of Minority Rights, Interview, Swedish Institute Alumni Newsletter, March 2007, pp. 1-3. http://si.se/upload/docs/alumni/alumni1-07.pdf 2006: The Judicial Process of the ECtHR, Radikal, 15.02.2006, http://www.radikal.com.tr/haber.php?haberno=178715 2006: Rasmussen Type Democracy, Acik Gazete, 14.02.2006, http://www.acikgazete.com/kultur-sanat/2006/02/14/rasmussen-demokrasisi.htm 2006: National Election Threshold is Harming, Radikal, 22.01.2006, http://www.radikal.com.tr/haber.php?haberno=176381 2000: What is Constitution?, with O. Uygun and E. Zeybekoglu, Initiative of Civil Constitution, http://anayasam-org.akgul.web.tr/anayasanedir.html Presentations 2015: Right to Demonstration and Assembly, Ozyegin University Faculty of Law, 26 October 2015, AB3 Building No 236, 17:00-19:00, Istanbul/Turkey 2015: The Possibility an Impossibility of Autonomy Arrangements under Turkish Constitutional System, Autonomy Workshop, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law -Beijing Conference Room, 14 September 2015, Lund/Sweden 2015: Turkey s Reaction to the Judgements of the European Court of Human Rights, International Conference for Social Sciences and Humanities, Sant Antoni Maria Claret 171, 23 June 2015, Barcelona/Spain 2015: Right to Education under the European Convention on Human Rights: Limitations, Problems and Evolution, Symposium on right to Education, Kadir Has University Faculty of Law, 07 May 2015, Cibali Campus, C Blok Hall, Istanbul/Turkey 2015: Implementation of ECrtHR Judgements Concerning Right to Property in Turkey, Foreign Investment Law Conference, Kadir Has University Faculty of Law, 15-16 April 2015, Istanbul/Turkey 2015: Individual Application Process at the Turkish Constitutional Courtu, Kadir Has University Social Science Institute Tuesday Seminars, 31 March 2015, 16:30, Kadir Has University Fener Hall, Istanbul/Turkey 6

2015: The Implementation of the ECHR and the Judgments of the ECtHR in Domestic Law, Labour Law Symposium on the Rights of Workers, 28 February 2015, 10:00, Kadir Has University, D Blok Hall, Istanbul/Turkey 2014: Right to a Mother Tongue Education in Turkey, International Mother Tongue Conference, Bahcesehir University Faculty of Law, 21-22 November 2014, Istanbul/Turkey 2014: Is there a legally protected right to a mother tongue education in Turkey?, Mother Tongue Education Workshop, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law -Beijing Conference Room, 08 September 2014, Lund/Sweden. 2014: Mother Tongue Education: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead, Public Discussion on Mother Tongue Education, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law -Beijing Conference Room, 09 September 2014, Lund/Sweden. 2014: Modalities of change: From international norms to national implementation and Development, (discussant), ISA Human Rights Joint Conference 2014: Human Rights and Change, Kadir Has University, 16-18 June 2014, Istanbul/Turkey. 2014: Is there a Right to Demonstration in Turkey? Law and Practice Before and After Gezi, IJAS International Conference for Academic Disciplines, Harvard University, 26-30 May 2014, Boston/USA 2013: Interaction Between International Human Rights Law and Turkish Domestic Law, IJAS International Conference for Academic Disciplines, Harvard University, 26-30 May 2013, Boston/USA 2013: Turkish Constitutional Model on Harmonization of Islamic Religious Rights with Secular Laws, The Law and Society Association, 2013 International Meeting, Session on Challenges in Incorporating Aspects of Islamic Law in Secular Legal Landscape, 30 May 2013, Boston Sheraton Hotel, Room 08. 2013: Resolving the Conflict Between International Human Rights Law and Turkish Domestic Law, Harvard University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies Turkey in the Modern World Series, 03 April 2013. 2012: Turkish Debate on the Accommodation of Religious Identities in the Process of Forming a New Constitution, Harvard Law School, WCC Milstein East C, 27 November 2012, Boston/USA. 2012: Turkish Citizenship Debate in the Process of Preparing a New Constitution, IJAS International Conference for Academic Disciplines, Harvard University Campus, 27-31 May 2012, Boston/USA. 2012: The Process of Preparing a New Constitution in Turkey: The Summary of Last Eight Months, Symposium on Constitution Making, Kadir Has University, 25 April 7

2012, Istanbul/Turkey. 2012: The Position of the ECHR in the Hierarchy of Norms in Turkish Constitutional Law, Human Rights Symposium, Malaga University, 29 March 2012, Malaga/Spain. 2012: Can Constitutions Solve Political and Social Problems?, Symposium on a New Constitution, Kadir Has University, 07 March 2012, Istanbul/Turkey. 2012: Discussions on Right to a Mother Tongue Education in the Process of Preparing a New Constitution, Workshop on Mother Tongue Education, Trade Union of Turkish Teachers and University Lecturers, 04 March 2012, Ankara/Turkey. 2012: Right to Education as a Human Right, Symposium on a New Constitution, organized by the Association of Supporting Contemporary Life, 25 February 2012, Istanbul/Turkey. 2011: The Debate on Recognition of Minorities in the Process of Preparing a New Constitution in Turkey, RWI Human Rights Seminars, Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 11 November 2011, Lund/Sweden. 2010: Minority Political Parties and Separatist Political Parties: UCP, Herri Batasuna ve DSP Cases, Symposium on Political Party Freedoms, Bosphorus University, 10 December 2010, Istanbul/Turkey. 2010: The Harmonization of National Laws with the European Human Rights Law: The Problem of Dissolution of Political Parties, research paper presented at Nordic Research Training Course on Should States Ratify Human Rights Conventions?, organized by the Nordic School in Human Rights Research, 6-10 September 2010, Rejkjavik/Iceland. 2010: Constitutional Amendment Package and the Referendum Process, Symposium organized by the Yıldız Technical University, Center for Global Research, 18 May 2010, Istanbul/Turkey. 2010: Anti-Secular Political Parties, Symposium on Political Party Freedoms, Kadir Has University, 14 April 2010, Istanbul/Turkey. 2010: Right to a mother tongue education under international human rights law?, Symposium on Mother Tongue Education, organized by the Gaziantep Branch of the Trade Union of Turkish Teachers and University Lecturers, 13 March 2010, Gaziantep/Turkey; Istanbul Branch No 13 of the Trade Union of Turkish Teachers and University Lecturers, 07 November 2009, Istanbul/Turkey 2009: Strasbourg Jurisprudence on the Limitations of Political Parties in European Democracies, RWI Human Rights Seminars, Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 11 September 2009, Lund/Sweden. 2009: Contribution of EU Process to the Protection of Minority Rights, International 8

Symposium on Mother Tongue, organized by the Trade Union of Turkish Teachers and University Lecturers, 30-31 May 2009, Ankara/Turkey 2009: Applications and Problems of the Freedom of Speech and Press in Turkey, Symposium on Freedom of Press and Freedom of Speech In Turkey on the Road to the EU: Obstacles and Problems, organized by the Trade Union of Turkish Journalists together with the International Federation of Journalists, 3-4 May 2009, Istanbul/Turkey 2008: Evaluation of the Progress Report of the European Commission with respect to Legal Reforms in Turkey, Bulent Tanor Memorial Day, Istanbul University, Faculty of Law, 19 December 2008, Istanbul/Turkey. 2008: Current Human Rights Problems in Central Europe, opening speech at the 2008 Kapani-Savci Human Rights Competition Ceremony organised by the Aybay Foundation of Legal Studies, 17 December 2008, Istanbul/Turkey. 2008: A Human Rights-Based Approach to Dissolution of Political Parties in Turkey, SPS Seminer Series, Sabanci University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, 03 September 2008, Istanbul/Turkey. 2008: International Sources of National Laws: The Interaction Between the International Human Rights Instruments and Turkish National Law, Symposium on Modernisation, Law, Constitutionalism and Turkey, Yıldız Technical University, Centre for Global Research, 18 April 2008, Istanbul/Turkey. 2007: Minorities and Minority Rights in Turkey, RWI Staff Seminers, Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 02 March 2007, Lund/Sweden. 2005: The Definition of a Minority in International Law, RWI Student Seminers, Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 02 December 2005, Lund/Sweden. Other Activities 2013- Member of the Working Group on Political Party Reforms, Sabanci University, Istanbul Policy Center 2012: Study visit to the European Court of Human Rights, 02-05 May 2012, Strasbourg/France. 2011: Participant of a Roundtable on Citizenship, Language and Identity Rights, organized by Democratic Progress Institute and King's College- London, 16 April 2011, Galatasaray University, Istanbul/Turkey. 2011: Participant of a Roundtable on Constitutional Procedures in Divided Societies, organized by Democratic Progress Institute and King's College- London, 26 March 2011, Galatasaray University, Istanbul/Turkey. 9

2008- Board member of the Association of University Lecturers - Turkey (as of November 2008, an NGO focusing on heightening the quality of university lecturers and university education in Turkey www.univder.org) 2009: Participant of the 2 nd study session on How to prepare a democratic, liberal and social constitution?, organized by the Foundation of 78 Generation, 06 May 2009, Istanbul/Turkey. 2006: Legal assistant (unofficial) to Martin Scheinin (UN Special Rapporteur on Protection of Human Rights when Countering Terrorism) during his preparations for Turkey country visit and country report. 2005: Founding member of the Jus Humanis-International Human Rights Network (first Sweden based international human rights NGO, founded in Lund/Sweden, www.jushumanis.org) 2005: Participant of the 9 th study session on The European Convention on Human Rights and the European Social Charter for persons involved in legal assistance to Roma and Travellers, organized by the Council of Europe in cooperation with the European Roma Rights Centre, 30 May - 3 June 2005, at the Human Rights Building of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg/France. 2004: Participant of the roundtable on The Protocol 12 of the European Convention on Human Rights, organized by the Nordic School on Human Rights Research, 13-14 December 2004, Copenhagen/Denmark. 2004: Participant of the workshop on Democracy and Minority Rights, organized by the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University and Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Lund University, on 18-19 March 2004, at Uppsala/Sweden. 2004: Member of the preparatory Committee of Annales de la Faculté de Droit d Istanbul, Vol. 36, No. 53, Beta Publishers, Istanbul, 2004. 2000: Academic staff member of the Initiative of Civil Constitution (NGO working on the improvement of human rights and democracy in Turkey), (http://anayasam-org.akgul.web.tr) Research Funds, Grants and Awards 2016-19: Research fund allocated under the European Union Horizon 2020 GERI program Research Topic: Systemic Action for Gender Equality 2012: Stipend awarded by the Harvard Law School, Islamic Legal Studies Program for post-doctoral research, (September-December 2012), Boston/USA 2012: Individual Research Fund awarded by the Kadir Has University for participation of IJAS Conference, 27-31 May 2012, Boston/USA. 2007: Scholarship from Swedish Institute for post-doctoral research for two months at 10

Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (University of Lund/Sweden) 2006: NORFA mobility scholarship for two months research at the Institute for Human Rights, Ǻbo Akademi University, (February - April 2006), Ǻbo/Turku, Finland 2004-2005: Scholarship from Swedish Institute for doctoral research for 16 months at Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (University of Lund/Sweden) 2001-2002: Scholarship from European Commission in order to follow the Mediterranean Master s program in Human Rights and Democratisation. 1998: The first prize in Human Rights Competition of the Aybay Foundation of Legal Studies, with an article on Right to a Fair Trial. Anonymous Peer Reviews International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, Nordic Journal of International Law, Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, Journal of the Faculty of Law of the Istanbul University, Essays in Honour of Prof.Dr. Ali Güzel (published by the Marmara University, Faculty of Law) 11