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Ersan Şen (born 16 July 1966) is a Turkish lawyer, legal scholar and a faculty member at the Faculty of Political Sciences of
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Biography

Şen was born in Nevşehir on 16 July 1966. He graduated from Kabataş Boys High School in 1983. He obtained a degree in law from
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in 1987. He received his master's degree in law from Marmara University and his PhD in public law from
Istanbul University Istanbul University, also known as University of Istanbul (), is a Public university, public research university located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded by Mehmed II on May 30, 1453, a day after Fall of Constantinople, the conquest of Constantinop ...
. He joined Istanbul University and became a professor of law in 2004. He is a faculty member at the Faculty of Political Sciences of Istanbul University. Şen announced his candidacy for the
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to be held in May 2023, but after the announcement of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's candidacy for office it was not materialized. Şen has published various books. He is the coeditor of ''The Political Psychology of Kurds in Turkey: Critical Perspectives on Identity, Narratives, and Resistance'' which was published by
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in 2023. It was claimed that Ersan Şen, who frequently participates in discussion programs broadcast on news channels, founded a new news channel called ''Ekol TV'' and that the channel would start broadcasting in 2024. However, Şen announced that he had abandoned the project in November 2023. However, the shares of ''Ekol TV were taken over by'' Azeri businessman Mübariz Mansimov and it started broadcasting on April 29, 2024.


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20th-century Turkish lawyers 21st-century Turkish lawyers 1966 births Living people People from Nevşehir Marmara University alumni Istanbul University Faculty of Law alumni Kabataş Erkek Lisesi alumni Academic staff of Istanbul University 21st-century Turkish male writers {{Turkey-bio-stub