CV | Prof.Dr. Vahit BIÇAK | Hoşgeldiniz...

Professor Dr. Vahit Biçak, internationally known lawyer, is a visiting scholar at both the City University of New York and the Fordham Law School, U.S.A. Professor Bicak, who has worked in a number of Turkish universities including Bilkent University, Hacettepe University, Gazi University and Atılım University, has been a lecturer in evidence law, criminal law and criminal procedure law at the Police Academy, Faculty of Security Sciences, since 1990. He has also been a Visiting Scholar at the Moribor University in Slovenia, and a Visiting Professor at the Police College of Hungary, in Budapest.

For over twelwe years, Professor Dr. Vahit Bicak has been practising law as a legal consultant of international and national companies.

Professor Dr. Vahit Bıçak has been the member of the Turkish-American Association since 2003, and he is currently serving as a Board member on the Board of Directors.

Professor Dr. Vahit Bıçak has written numerous books and articles has been lectured throughout the world. Some of his books include Turkish Penal Law (2007, Seckin), Constitutional Law: Turkey (2004, Kluwer Law International) Freedom of Expression in the Light of European Court of Human Rights\' Judgements (2002, Liberte), Improperly Obtained Evidence: A Comparison of Turkish and English Laws (1996), \'Introducing Democracy\', A Scrutiny of Liberalism (1998), Law of Police and Security Forces (2000), Criminal Procedure Law (2001, 2009). Some titles of his articles includes \'A Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture: Article 135/A of CMUK\' (Turkish Yearbook of Human Rights, 1997, pp. 54-71), \'Infringement of Procedural Rights\' (Turkish Yearbook of Human Rights, 1998, pp. 89-102), \'The Decline of the Right to Silence: Recent Developments in England\' (Turkish Yearbook of Human Rights, 1994, pp. 61-71). The coplete list may be found on publications page of the web site.

Professor Dr. Vahit Bıçak frequenty on TV channels such as NTV, HABERTÜRK, CNN TURK, SKY TURK, 24, KANAL TÜRK. He is quoted regularly in leading press media such as Gazete Habertürk, Radikal, Hurriyet, Vatan, Zaman, Star, Yeni Safak.

In 1999, he was at the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg/France, as a trainee lawyer. He has represented Turkey at the Council of Europe, the Committee of Experts on Police Ethics and Problems of Policing.

In 2003, he was appointed as a director to the Presidency of Human Rights in the Prime Ministry of Turkey, which is the highest administrative position concerning human rights administration. He served two years on this position and left the office in September 2005.

Professor Dr. Vahit Biçak graduated from the Faculty of Law, Ankara University in Turkey (1985-1989). In 1996, he became a doctor in law with a thesis on improperly obtained evidence. He received his PhD from the University of Nottingham in Great Britain.