Ankara University National Center for the Sea and Maritime Law (DEHUKAM) 2024 Fall Term internship program has been completed. During the internship, our interns carried out valuable work by conducting comprehensive research on various sea and maritime law issues. We congratulate all our interns who have completed their internships and thank them for contributing to our centre.

Interns, responsible researchers and research topics are as follows;

Responsible Senior Researcher Ceren Cerit Dündar and intern Abdullah Faisal Siam “Maritime Decarbonization Through Autonomous Ship: Legal And Operational Challenges with Possible Solutions”,

Responsible Researcher Çağrı Ünal and intern Ece Sevener “The Impact of Offshore Activities on the Marine Environment” and intern Ayça Bağrıyanık “30×30 Goals and Türkiye”,

Responsible Researcher Derya Ulutürk and intern Elif Gürcüoğlu “The Relationship Between Marine Protected Areas and EBSAs in the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity” and intern Berat Candan “The Relationship Between Maritime Transportation and Shipbuilding, Repair, and Conversion Industries with the Blue Economy”,

Responsible Researcher Büşra Deniz and intern Selin Küçükali “Maritime Tourism in the Context of National and International Legal Frameworks” and intern Efe Kuntay Sır “Port Management and Impacts of Port Management on the Blue Economy in Türkiye”,

Responsible Researcher Emre Önsöz and intern Erdem İnce worked together on “An Analysis of the Concept of an Island in the Context of International Court Decisions, with a Particular Focus on the South China Sea Arbitration Award” and intern Zeynep Berin Öksüz on “Türkiye’s Studies on Offshore Wind Energy”.

We believe that the students participating in the DEHUKAM Internship program will continue to conduct important studies in the field of maritime law in the future. We would like to thank all our interns and Mr. Adnan Menderes Aydın, COO of DEHUKAM, who ensured the successful completion of the internship period.