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Avesis Research Areas: Social Sciences and Humanities
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UN Sustainable Development Goals
Biography

Başak Şit İmamoğlu is an associate professor of commercial law at the Ankara University Faculty of Law. She received her PhD from the same university following her studies at FU-Berlin. Dr. Şit İmamoğlu’s earlier body of research focused on banking law and commercial enterprises. She is a member of the Banking and Commercial Law Research Institute and has, among other duties, served for several years as the editor of the Journal of Banking and Commercial Law. She is the author of three books, several articles, and multiple book chapters and has published more than a dozen editorials on various subjects relating to commercial law with a focus on bank loans as well as commercial and secured transactions. 

Şit İmamoğlu's more recent research has shifted its focus onto sustainability and particularly onto planned obsolescence and circular economies, a focus which was embodied in her 2020 book "Planlı Eskitme" [Planned Obsolescence]. She has led a state-funded national research project that is exploring the legal infrastructure necessary for a transition to a circular economy with a view to commercial law, and is currently also leading the project "Determination of Quality Standards in Legal Education" and studying on the accreditation of law programs.

Assoc. Prof. Başak Şit İmamoğlu is also professionally involved in the practice of commercial law, acting as an arbitrator or counsel in the resolution of commercial disputes arising out of letter of guarantee, share transfer, sales, work contract etc. through domestic and international arbitration (ad hoc, ISTAC, ICC).



Contact
Email
bsit@law.ankara.edu.tr
Other Email
imamoglu@eskihukuk.com
Web Page
https://avesis.ankara.edu.tr/bsit
Office Phone
+90 312 595 5252
Fax Phone
+90 312 319 8665
Office
Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi
Address
Cemal Gürsel Cad. 58 06590 Ankara Türkiye