Ahmet Rona Serozan (15 June 1942 – 6 November 2018) was a Turkish jurist, university professor of civil law, lawyer and writer.

Early life

Ahmet Rona Serozan was born to Sami and Maide Serozan in a wealthy family in

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, Turkey on 15 June 1942. His father was a textile engineer and interpreneur in yarn manufacturing. He had a brother, Engin Serozan. He graduated from Faculty of Law at

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in 1964. He then went to

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, where he earned a

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degree

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Tübingen University Faculty of Law The Tübingen University Faculty of Law (german: Juristische Fakultät der Eberhardina Carolina), located in Tübingen, Germany, is one of the original four constituent faculties of Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. Founded in 1477 by Eberhar ...

in 1967. His doctoral thesis on "Die Überwindung der Rechtsfolgen des Formmangels im Rechtsgeschäft nach deutschem, schweizerischem und türkischem Recht" ("Overcoming the legal consequences of the lack of form in legal transactions under German, Swiss and Turkish law") was published as a book by

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in Germany the next year.

Career

In April 1974, he became associate professor at Istanbul University with a

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thesis on "Sözleşmeden Dönme" ("

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"). After his application for full professorship at the same university did not succeed due to a formality, he worked as a lawyer between 1982 and 1988. With the decision of Council of State, he was appointed full professor of civil law at Istanbul University in 1991. Serozan retired drom his post at Istanbul University in June 2009, and took a full professor post at

Istanbul Bilgi University Istanbul Bilgi University ( tr, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi), officially established in 1996, is a private university located in Istanbul, Turkey. The university has 4 campuses centrally-located in Istanbul namely SantralIstanbul, Kuştepe, Do ...

serving there until his death. Serozan authored many textbooks in the field of civil law and translated books on

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and State law from German language.

Death

Rona Serozan died at the age of 76 in Istanbul on 6 November 2018. He was buried following a memorial ceremony held at Istanbul University's Faculty of Law and the religious funeral at

Bebek Mosque Bebek Mosque ( tr, Bebek Camii), officially Hümayûn-u Âbad Mosque ( ota, Hümayûn-u Âbad Cami for: Prosperous Imperial Mosque) is a 1913-built mosque located in Bebek neighborhood of Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey. Bebek Mosque wa ...

Works

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References

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