- Bar Registration
- Istanbul Bar Association
Registration No. 72864 - Languages
- Turkish (native)English — advanced
Founding Partner
Hazal Güler, Esq.
Employment, Corporate, Administrative and Immigration Law
Hazal Güler, Esq. is a co-founding partner of Güler Law & Consultancy. She represents both Turkish and international clients across employment law, corporate and commercial law, administrative law, and immigration law, providing strategic advisory work alongside full litigation representation.
She advises expatriates directly in English on residence and work permits, employment disputes and commercial contracts. She leads our immigration practice in Istanbul, and her step-by-step residence permit guide walks through the e-İkamet process; you can contact her in English or meet her co-founder Hasan Can Güler, Esq..
Education
After high school, she completed a year of intensive English language study at Mentora College in Washington, D.C. On her return to Türkiye, she placed in the top 500 nationally on the university entrance examination and was admitted to Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Law.
Alongside her LLB, she completed a double major in English-Medium Economics and a minor in English-Medium Psychology, both at Bahçeşehir University. This cross-disciplinary training allows her to weave economic analysis into commercial disputes and behavioural assessment into HR and compliance matters.
Practice Areas
- Employment Law — Employment contracts, severance and notice pay, overtime claims, wrongful-termination and reinstatement actions, workplace harassment (mobbing).
- Corporate and Commercial Law — Company formation, contract review and negotiation, commercial disputes.
- Administrative Law — Annulment actions, full-remedy actions, objections against administrative acts and regulations.
- Immigration Law — Residence permits, work permits, Turkish citizenship applications, real-estate acquisition by foreigners.
English-Language Service
Hazal Güler holds a law degree from Bahçeşehir University together with English-medium undergraduate qualifications in Economics and Psychology. After a year of intensive English study at Mentora College in Washington, D.C., she now provides legal advisory work, contract review and litigation representation directly in English — no translator required. She specialises in all legal matters affecting expatriates living and working in Türkiye, from residence and work permits through to commercial contracts and Turkish citizenship.