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She has over 15 years of fieldwork experience on multi-million-dollar international development projects, with a special focus on access to justice and alternative dispute resolution in Turkey, Pakistan, Syria, Iran, Russia, and Philippines. Since 2009, she has successfully directed over 25 projects. Ms. Süleymanoğlu is the founder of Akina Consulting and one of Turkey's first and leading mediators. As a mediator, she handles all employment law-related disputes and is a member of the Global Mediation Panel- the Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and Programmes (UNWomen, UNDP, UNICEF, and UNOPS) and the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network (MWMN) Antenna in Turkey. Since 2023, she works as conflict resolution and mediation expert in FAO. Asiyan Suleymanoglu also specialized in human rights mediation, which focuses on business human rights violations which encompass labour rights standards, discrimination and freedom of association. She provides analysis, design, strategic direction, training, and technical assistance on rule-of-law, women's rights, refugee law, alternative dispute resolution, conciliation, and mediation.
- Mediated over 500 labour disputes, consumer and complex inheritance and land disputes, international child abduction cases, specialized in labour, commercial, family, and cross-border disputes.
- Established mediation center at the Grand Bazaar Istanbul, facilitated a large-scale of land disputes in between 120 shop owners, settled over 50 rent and consumer disputes.
- Provided consultancy services for the Council of Europe within the framework of “Promoting ADR in Turkey. “
- Since 2023, mediator and conflict specialist for FAO, conducted advanced mediation trainings for employment disputes for mediators.
- Conducted mediation trainings, ToTs, awareness rising seminars, advanced and specialised training courses for legal professionals including judges and business community from Turkey, Pakistan, Russia, Syria, Iran, Ghana, and Philippines.
- Organized ADR Study Tours for the Ministry of Justice in Turkey and Pakistan.
- Provided advice on case management, monitoring and evaluation of the mediation services, conducted study tours of mediation service providers
- Program Director of Improving Access to Justice in Turkey Through ADR Mechanisms II, Commercial Mediation Istanbul Pilot Project
Business and Human Rights, Supply Chain, Labour, Workplace, Commercial, Inheritance, Contact and Media Law
Istanbul Bar Association
American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section
2014-2015
Masters of Law in Rule of Law for Development (PROLAW)
L.L. M Degree, LOYOLA Chicago University, Faculty of Law
2013-2014
International Weinstein Fellow (2013)
Observed mediation practices and worked with the leading mediators based in San Francisco, Washington DC, and New York. Research fellow at Columbia University and Benjamin Cardozo University, Faculty of Law dispute resolution programs.
2012
Training for Trainers in International Family Mediation
Advanced Mediation Training for International Family, Hague Convention International Child Abduction Cases (80 Hours)
▪ MIEKK E.V.., Germany
2011
Certificate of ADR Systems Design Institute
Envisioning, Designing and Implementing Court ADR Programs
Hastings College of Law, California, U.S.A.
2009
Certificate of Second Generation Global Negotiation Project
Negotiation at its Best, Rethinking Negotiation Teaching
▪ Hamline University School of Law (U.S.A)
2008
Certificate of Resolving International Disputes
International Post Graduate Course, Making and Saving Deals- Resolving International Disputes
La Spienza University, Rome, Italy and Hamline University School of Law, USA
2005
Certificate of Advanced Study and Training in Dispute Resolution
International Post Graduate Course on Dispute Resolution, Arbitration and Negotiation
▪ Tulane University School of Law (U.S.A) and Humboldt University Germany (DAAD Scholarship awarded)
2000-2005
Bachelor Degree
Law
▪ Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Law
Advanced Commercial Mediation Training (64 Hours) (Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul Commerce University, Istanbul Bilgi University, Altınbaş University)
Advanced Labour Mediation Trainings (48 Hours(Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul Commerce University, Istanbul Bilgi University, Altınbaş University)
Basic Mediation Trainings (84 Hours) (Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul Commerce University, Istanbul Bilgi University, Altınbaş University)