Atty. Assoc. Prof. Burçin Aydoğdu, PhD

Vice Dean & Head of the Department of Philosophy and Sociology of Law Faculty of Law, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University ---

🏛️ Executive Biography

Dr. Burçin Aydoğdu is an Associate Professor of Public Law, currently serving as the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law and the Head of the Department of Philosophy and Sociology of Law (HFS) at Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University. His career bridges rigorous legal scholarship with extensive administrative leadership and professional legal practice.

Dr. Aydoğdu completed his undergraduate legal education at Istanbul University Faculty of Law. He holds an LL.M. degree from Istanbul Bilgi University and earned his PhD in Public Law from Istanbul University Institute of Social Sciences in 2017. Prepared under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Yasemin Işıktaç, his doctoral dissertation, titled "Grounding the Concept of Vested Rights from the Perspective of Philosophy of Law," represents the primary foundation of his academic focus on fundamental rights and justice.

Approaching law not merely as a set of abstract theories but as a living mechanism in direct contact with professional practice, Dr. Aydoğdu focuses his research on the cornerstones of legal certainty—such as Vested Rights (Kazanılmış Hak), Legitimate Expectations (Meşru Beklenti), and Established Status (Müesses Durum)—alongside high-dimension ethical and technical subjects, including Imperfect Obligations (Eksik Borç) and Pyramid/Ponzi schemes.

Professional Legal Practice & Language Proficiencies

• Legal Practice: Following his initial legal experience working alongside his father, Atty. İsmail Aydoğdu, between 1996 and 2004, he officially registered with the Istanbul Bar Association in 2004. As of 2026, following his transition to his associate professorship, he continues his legal practice under the Tekirdağ Bar Association, maintaining the family profession.

• Linguistic Competency: Prior to his academic career, he worked for six years conducting sworn and consecutive translation for law firms in English. He also possesses advanced text analysis proficiency in German, Arabic, and Greek (Elence), allowing a comparative methodology rooted in historical source texts.

🎓 International Certifications & Specializations

To deepen his research fields with an international perspective, Dr. Aydoğdu has completed specialized programs from leading global institutions:

• Yale University: Constitutional Law (Grade: 82.32%)

• Duke University: International Human Rights Law: Prospects and Challenges (Grade: 90.87%)

• University of London: English Common Law: Structure and Principles (Grade: 90.87%)

• University of Copenhagen: Constitutional Struggles in the Islamic World (Grade: 82.64%)

• University of Virginia: The Age of Thomas Jefferson (Grade: 94.16%)

• Wesleyan University: Property and Liability: An Introduction to Law and Economics (Grade: 88.88%)

• The Pennsylvania State University: Innocent Until Proven Guilty? The Social Science of Wrongful Conviction (Grade: 83.16%)

• The Pennsylvania State University: Copyright for Educators and Librarians (Grade: 81.3%)

• University of California: Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects (Grade: 96.35%)

👨‍🏫 Teaching Experience

Over a 13-year academic career, Dr. Aydoğdu has instructed at Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Kırklareli University, and İstanbul Kültür University, completing a total of 130 course registrations spanning undergraduate, associate, and postgraduate levels:

• HUK18212: Philosophy and Sociology of Law (Mandatory Undergraduate Course, taught in Turkish at Kırklareli University and Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, 2019–2026).

• HUK18101: Constitutional Law - Basic Concepts (Mandatory Undergraduate Course at the Faculty of Law and Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, 2015–2022, 2025–2026).

• HUK18301: Tax Law (Associate Degree Course, Finance and Accounting/Tax Applications Programs, Kırklareli University Social Sciences Vocational School, 2014–2016).

• HUK101: Introduction to Law / Fundamental Concepts of Law (Introductory Course delivering core legal principles across law faculties and general law knowledge in other departments, 2013–2025).

• KAM501: Scientific Research Methods and Ethics (Postgraduate/Master's Course in Public Law, focusing on academic writing and research methodology, 2019–2022).

• KAM507: Concepts of Justice from Past to Present (Postgraduate/Master's Specialization Course analyzing the historical and philosophical transformation of the concept of justice, 2019–2024).

📚 Selected Scholarly Works

📄 Books & Monographs

• Cicero's Justice Disputations (Cicero'nun Adalet Tartışmaları), Adalet Yayınevi, 2nd Edition, 241 pages, 2025. ISBN: 978-625-377-068-6.

• Grounding the Concept of Vested Rights from the Perspective of Philosophy of Law (Kazanılmış Hak Kavramının Hukuk Felsefesi Açısından Temellendirilmesi), On İki Levha Yayıncılık A.Ş., 1st Edition, 2020. ISBN: 978-625-777-3140.

📑 Book Chapters

• "The Modern Equivalent of the Mathematical Conception of Justice," in Law as a Social Order Oriented Towards Justice: Liber Amicorum for Prof. Dr. Yasemin Işıktaç, Sümer Kitabevi, 2020. ISBN: 9786057015211, pp. 91–108.

• "Article 80 - Pyramid Sales Systems," (co-authored with Ahmet Türkmen) in National Commentary - Commentary on the Law No. 6502 on the Protection of Consumers, Aristo Yayınevi, 2016. ISBN: 978-605-84418-8-0, pp. 1245–1268.

• "Digital Transformation and Legal Activities," in Sectoral Analyses of Digital Transformation, Nobel Bilimsel Eserleri, 2021. ISBN: 978-625-7589-73-4, pp. 131–145.

• "The Presidential System in Kenya: Historical Development and Its Impact on the Country's Political Order/Development," in Africa in World Politics 1, Nobel Academic Publishing, 2nd Edition, 2014. ISBN: 978-605-133-963-4, pp. 293–312.

📝 Peer-Reviewed Articles (Selection)

• "An Evaluation of Tax Justice in the Split Between Direct and Indirect Taxes" (co-authored with Cansu Dağ), Legal Journal of Critical Law (Legal Eleştirel Hukuk Dergisi), 2025.

• "A Perspective on the Debate About Justice Between Socrates and Callicles: Implications From Al-Farabi," Selçuk University Faculty of Law Review, TR DİZİN, 2025. DOI: 10.15337/suhfd.1594771.

• "Ethical Roots of the Concepts of Perfect and Imperfect Obligations," Legal Law Journal (Legal Hukuk Dergisi), TR DİZİN, 2025.

• "Logical and Legal Analysis of Protagoras' Lawyer Paradox," Selçuk University Faculty of Law Review, TR DİZİN, 2024. DOI: 10.15337/suhfd.1437068.

• "Ethical Analysis of the Concept of Omnibus Law in Türkiye," Union of Turkish Bar Associations Review (Türkiye Barolar Birliği Dergisi), TR DİZİN, 2024.

• "The 'Ship of State' on the 100th Anniversary of the Republic," Istanbul Bar Association Review, National Index, 2023.

• "Constitutional Pluralistic Analysis Of Approximate Proportional Representational Systems Based On A Single Sample Comparison," Kırklareli Faculty of Law Review, 2023.

• "The Aristotelian Concept of Equality and Its Background," Jurisprudential Theory (Hukuk Kuramı), 2023.

• "The Private/Public Law Divide in Digital Law," Journal of IT Law (Bilişim Hukuku Dergisi), TR DİZİN / SSRN, 2023.

• "Hermeneutics of The Word Politeia," Ankara Social Sciences University Faculty of Law Review, TR DİZİN / SSRN, 2023. DOI: 10.47136/asbuhfd.1368203.

• "Natural Law Perspective Underlying The Republic of Türkiye," Balıkesir University Journal of the Institute of Social Sciences, TR DİZİN, 2023. DOI: 10.31795/baunsobed.1351433.

• "Extension of the Administration's Obligation to Provide Information to Private Individuals," Legal Law Journal, TR DİZİN, 2015.

• "Introduction to Hohfeldian Atomism via Nasreddin Hodja," Jurisprudential Theory (Hukuk Kuramı), Short Article, 2016.

📢 Conference Presentations & Papers

• "The Concept of Justice in the Transformation of Humanitas - Humanism," International Marmara Social Sciences Congress (IMASCON Spring), Full-text proceeding, 2023.

• "The Distinction Between Vested Rights and Natural Rights in Kant's Doctrine of Right," HFSA Symposium 28, Full-text proceeding, TR DİZİN, 2017.

• "Hermeneutics of the Concept of Princeps: From Citizenship to Autocracy," Third International Necmettin Erbakan University Law Congress, Full-text proceeding, 2023.

🌐 Scholarly Translations

• "Limitation of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms Due to General Health" (co-translated with Tuğçe Korkmaz Sadak), 2022.

• "No Law Shall Embrace More Than One Subject," Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Law Review, 2014. [Source: Prof. Dr. Millard Harrington Ruud, Minnesota Law Review, 1958].

• "Escape from a Jurisprudence of Doubt: Hohfeldian Analysis of Constitutional Law," Jurisprudential Theory (Hukuk Kuramı), 2015. [Source: Allen Thomas O’Rourke, South Carolina Law Review, 2009].

• "Three Pieces from Victorian Rights Debates: Cornewall, Mill, and Austin," Jurisprudential Theory (Hukuk Kuramı), 2017. [Source Works by Lewis Cornewall, John Stuart Mill, and John Austin].

🎥 Digital Archive & Media Contributions

A curated collection of digital and video contributions focusing on legal philosophy, jurisprudence, and constitutional structures:

• Philosophical Society of Türkiye (Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu): Recent Studies in the Philosophy of Law Series 13 — A comprehensive video summary focusing on the monograph Cicero's Justice Disputations.

• Administrative Law Conversations 3: Fundamentals of the Concept of Vested Rights — In collaboration with Aykut Purde (Emergency Administrative Line / Acil İdare Hattı).

• The Allegory of the Field: A narrative video presentation explaining the Separation of Powers via a agricultural allegory, produced by Burçin Aydoğdu.

• The 100th Anniversary of the Republic Panel: Invited speaker and panelist at Kırklareli University Faculty of Law.

📬 Institutional Contact

• Address: Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Faculty of Law, Namık Kemal Mah. Kampüs Cad. No:1, Rectorate Building 3rd Floor, Değirmenaltı Campus, TR-59030, Tekirdağ, Türkiye.

• Telephone: +90 (0282) 250 62 22

• Academic E-mail: baydogdu@nku.edu.tr

• Official Web Domain: www.baydogdu.tr