Faculty of Law

Prof. Yusuf Çalışkan, Head of the Private International Law Department at the Faculty of Law, Istanbul Medeniyet University, delivered a lecture to international legal scholars on June 29, 2026, as part of the UNIDROIT ATLC Summer School held in Shanghai, China, and hosted by the East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL).

The course, which was attended by a total of 102 students from 32 different countries, featured a lecture by Prof Çalışkan titled “The Applicability of UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts to International Investment Arbitration, including UNIDROIT’s New Work on International Investment Contracts” for the participants.

Res. Assist. Adnan Tarık Doğan, a member of the Private International Law Department at Istanbul Medeniyet University Faculty of Law, also participated in the program and delivered a speech at the closing ceremony on behalf of the students.

The program aimed to promote the global dissemination of UNIDROIT’s work by bringing together scholars and practitioners from diverse legal systems worldwide. In this year's summer school, the lecture delivered by Prof. Dr. Çalışkan shed light on the applicability of UNIDROIT Principles to international investment arbitration and the Institute's ongoing new work on international investment contracts. Consequently, our faculty members made a significant contribution to the international visibility of Turkish legal scholarship and to the global promotion of Istanbul Medeniyet University's academic expertise in the field of private international law."

International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) is an independent international organization founded in 1926 that develops model rules in the fields of private international law and commercial law. Through the UNIDROIT Principles, which it developed to provide a modern and harmonized legal framework for international commercial contracts, the Institute serves as an important reference source in the practice of international arbitration.