{"id":8942,"date":"2024-12-14T17:58:10","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T14:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=8942"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:52:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:52:52","slug":"cagri-gurkanli","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php\/cagri-gurkanli\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c7a\u011fr\u0131 G\u00fcrkanl\u0131"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8942\" class=\"elementor elementor-8942\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28daea85 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28daea85\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c59cfa9\" data-id=\"5c59cfa9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d42c63b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d42c63b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"padding-left: 210px;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8943 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0771-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0771-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0771-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0771-30x30.jpg 30w, http:\/\/www.phil.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_0771.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><h3>Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law<\/h3><p><em>Ph.D.,<\/em> Cambridge University<\/p><p><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong> Legal Philosophy, Constitutional Theory, Philosophy of Social Science<\/p><p><strong>Website: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cam.ac.uk\/people\/research-students\/cg-gurkanli\/82552\">https:\/\/www.law.cam.ac.uk\/people\/research-students\/cg-gurkanli\/82552<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Email<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"cagrigurkanli@bilkent.edu.tr\">cagrigurkanli@bilkent.edu.tr<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Phone<\/strong>: +90 312 290 2867<\/p><p><strong>Office<\/strong>: V-202<\/p><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3><p>\u00c7a\u011fr\u0131 G\u00fcrkanl\u0131 obtained his PhD in Law from the University of Cambridge. He also holds a Magister Juris (MJur) from the University of Oxford, as well as an MA in Philosophy and a BA in Law from Bilkent University. Trained in multiple disciplines, \u00c7a\u011fr\u0131 aims to integrate insights from philosophy, law, and politics. His PhD thesis, &#8216;The Hermeneutical Reality of Law: Understanding the Legality of Constitutional Adjudication&#8217;, exemplifies this approach, offering a novel theory of explaining the nature of constitutional adjudication based on philosophical analysis.<\/p><p>He has contributed to academic projects with Cambridge University Press and T\u00dcB\u0130TAK, focusing on constitutional theory and law. He has led various academic forums like the Cambridge Legal Theory Discussion Group (CLTDG) and has been awarded scholarships such as the Cambridge Trust and Jean Monnet Scholarships for his academic achievements.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law Ph.D., Cambridge University Research Interests: Legal Philosophy, Constitutional Theory, Philosophy of Social Science Website: https:\/\/www.law.cam.ac.uk\/people\/research-students\/cg-gurkanli\/82552 Email:\u00a0cagrigurkanli@bilkent.edu.tr Phone: +90 312 290 2867 Office: V-202 \u00a0 About [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8942","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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