About Nil Karabağ

Nil Karabağ teaches civil law at Istanbul University, where she also studied. Her research focuses on the law of persons, family, property and succession, and the law of obligations. Her master’s thesis examined contracts with protective effects for third parties. In 2012 she completed her doctorate on the scope, requirements and consequences of Article 23 of the Turkish Civil Code, which protects personality rights in contractual relations.

From 2015 to 2019 she was on the list of arbitrators of the Turkish Football Federation’s Dispute Resolution Board. Her work on professional football contracts includes a study on remuneration. With Ayşe Elif Ulusu she teaches an elective course on football contracts and arbitration. She also teaches sports law at doctoral level, serves on the editorial and advisory boards of the Istanbul Journal of Sports Law and has taught courses organised by the Istanbul Bar Association and other institutions.

Her work in family law combines research and practice on divorce and the liquidation of matrimonial property regimes. She has advised on activities under the European Union and Council of Europe joint project to improve the effectiveness of family courts and the protection of family members’ rights.