More than 300 legal professionals, including almost half of the Turkish labour court judges, were provided the opportunity to learn about mediation in labour disputes at a seminar organised in Antalya on 5-6 January 2023 in the framework of the European Union-Council of Europe Joint Project on “Promoting Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in Turkey”. In addition to the judges, participants also included representatives of the Ministry of Justice, Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation, Ankara and Istanbul Regional Courts of Appeal and Marmara University Faculty of Law Dean’s Office.
The focus of the discussion was on mediation in labour disputes in the light of the judgements of the Court of Cassation, the judgements of the Regional Court of Appeal and the judgements of the first instance courts.
The speakers included Seracettin GÖKTAŞ, President of the 9th Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation; İlker KOÇYİĞİT, President of the 3rd Civil Chamber of the Ankara Regional Court of Appeal; Dursun YILMAZ, President of the 51st Civil Chamber of the Istanbul Regional Court of Appeal; Hakan ÖZTATAR, Director General for Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Justice; Çağdaş ÖZER, Head of the Mediation Department of the Ministry of Justice; Prof. Talat CANBOLAT, Lecturer at Marmara University; and Erdal ÖNCÜ, Judge of the 24th Labour Court of Ankara.
The seminar is a part of the series organised under the project activity, “Organizing information seminars on mediation and arbitration for members of the judiciary and lawyers”.
The Joint Project on “Promoting Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in Turkey” is co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe. The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Türkiye – Directorate General for Criminals Affairs and Directorate General for Legal Affairs are the end beneficiaries of the Project. The Central Finance and Contracts Unit is the contracting authority.
