People

Furkan Cirkin

Assistant Lecturer
Essex Law School
Postgraduate Research Student
Essex Law School
 Furkan Cirkin

Profile

Biography

BA-LLB (Istanbul); LLM-PhD (Istanbul); PhD C.(Essex) Furkan Cirkin received his bachelor degrees in Law (magna cum laude) and Philosophy (summa cum laude) from Istanbul University. He has an LLM from Istanbul University. He has a PhD in Public Law from Istanbul University. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Essex and an Assistant Lecturer at School of Law, University of Essex. Publications: - Furkan Cirkin (2022) "Constitutionalism in the Philosophy of Aristotle" in Prof Dr Coskun Can Aktan and Dr Ahmet Ekinci, Constitutionalism (Oniki Levha Publishing) - Dr Derya Ormanoglu, Furkan Cirkin (2022) "The Right to Resist in John Locke's Understanding of Political Philosophy" in Inonu University Law Review 13 (2) - Prof Dr Sabahattin Nal, Furkan Cirkin (2021) "Constitutionalism in the Context of Popular Sovereignty and National Sovereignty Theories" in Istanbul Law Review 79 (2) - Dr Ferhat Uslu, Furkan Cirkin (2020) " 'Budget power' of Parliaments in the light of Historical Background" in Prof Dr Hasan Babacan and Dr Bulent Cercis Tanritanir, Current Researches in Humanities and Social Sciences (IVPE) - Furkan Cirkin (2020) "The Ideology in the Preambles of Socialist and Islamic Constitutions" in Cankaya University Journal of Law 5 (1) - Furkan Cirkin (2019) "Alliance in General Elections in Terms of the Principle of Justice in Representation" in Anadolu University Law Review 5 (2)

Qualifications

  • LLB - Law Istanbul University (2016)

  • BA - Philosophy Istanbul University (2018)

  • LLM - Public Law Istanbul University (2019)

  • PhD - Public Law Istanbul University (2025)

Research and professional activities

Thesis

Human Rights Law as the Institutionalisation of the Transnational Bourgeoisie

Supervisor: Dr Tom Flynn , Dr Jessica Lawrence

Research interests

Political Philosophy, Constitutional Law, Legal Philosophy

Contact

fc23753@essex.ac.uk

Location:

Colchester Campus