Prof. Dr. Yasin Söyler

Vice Rector of the Social Sciences University of Ankara

(2023-2026)

Prof. Dr. Yasin Söyler graduated from Ankara University’s Faculty of Law in 2004. He completed his master’s degree at Gazi University’s Faculty of Law and received his doctorate in 2013 after defending his dissertation, entitled “Regulation of Internet Content from the Perspective of Public Law and the State’s Authority to Impose Administrative Sanctions in This Field”, at the same university. He qualified as an associate professor in 2019 with his study “Presidential Decrees in the New Presidential System” and as a professor in 2024 with his study “Food Imitation/Adulteration and the Administrative Sanctions Regime”.

He began his public service career in 2005 as an Assistant Expert at the Prime Ministry and continued as a Prime Ministry Expert. Following the abolition of the Prime Ministry in 2018, he was assigned as a rapporteur to the Presidency’s Directorate General of Law and Legislation. During this period, he contributed to numerous legislative drafting and regulatory initiatives. He was appointed as an associate professor in the Department of Administrative Law at the Faculty of Law of the Social Sciences University of Ankara in 2020 and as a professor in 2024.

He has conducted academic research in public law, administrative law, legislative drafting processes, presidential decrees and administrative sanctions, and has published four books on these subjects.

He served as Director of the Application and Research Center for Competition and Regulation at the Social Sciences University of Ankara from 2023 to 2026, stepping down following his appointment as Vice Rector of the University in 2026. He currently serves as Vice Rector of the Social Sciences University of Ankara, a member of its Senate and University Executive Board, and Chair of its Ethics Committee.