İlkan Türküresin
President, Founding Member
İlkan Türküresin completed his undergraduate studies at Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 2018. He completed his legal internship under Attorney Ömer Aykul, the lawyer for the TEMA Foundation. His studies on Village Institutes during his university years sparked his interest in fields such as agricultural law.
In 2019, he began his master's degree in the "Economic Law" program at Istanbul Bilgi University. He completed his studies with a thesis titled "A New Organizational Model Proposal in Turkish Agricultural Law: Farmer-Type Joint-Stock Companies," under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Gül Okutan Nilsson. His thesis was later published as a book by Seçkin Publishing.
In 2023, Türküresin founded the State of Food Association and currently serves as its chairperson. In 2024, he established the IPRA Agricultural Intellectual Property Rights Agency. Alongside managing his law firm, he continues to practice as a lawyer, specializing in agricultural law and corporate law, providing services to his clients in these areas.
