Biography
Attorney Sibel ÖZTÜRK graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law in 2016 with a GPA of 3.51/4.00, earning the title of High Honor Student. Following the completion of her legal internship at one of Turkey’s leading and prestigious law firms, she began her professional career as a registered attorney with the Ankara Bar Association.
In addition to her hands-on legal experience in her core practice areas—Competition Law, Commercial Law, and Administrative Law—ÖZTÜRK earned her LL.M. degree in Public Law from Hacettepe University Institute of Social Sciences in 2021, successfully defending her thesis titled “Administrative Fines Imposed under the Law on the Protection of Competition.”
Her master's thesis, prepared under the supervision of Asst. Prof. Dr. Özge OKAY TEKİNSOY, was published in 2022 by Yetkin Legal Publishing House under the same title and has since become part of the Turkish legal literature.
Throughout her career, Sibel ÖZTÜRK has attended and successfully completed international legal summer schools and professional training programs in London, Odessa, Sofia, and Bucharest, covering subjects such as “Maritime Law: Dispute Resolution,” “Business Law,” and “Mergers & Acquisitions.”
During her academic life, ÖZTÜRK not only received numerous awards and certificates of excellence but also took an active role in extracurricular and social initiatives. She served as a Board Member, as well as a Member of the Audit and Advisory Committees of the Ankara branch of the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA). Throughout her university years, she also participated in training programs held by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Capital Markets Board, and the Union of Turkish Bar Associations, earning multiple certificates of achievement.
In 2019, she served as Vice President of the Parliamentary Relations Committee of the Ankara Bar Association for one term.
In 2024, Attorney ÖZTÜRK delivered a presentation titled “Anti-Competitive Agreements under Article 4 of Law No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition” at the Competition Law Summit organized by ELSA Ankara and hosted by Ankara Science University. In the same year, she provided a sectoral training at the Ankara Chamber of Industry on the topic of “Enforcement and Sanctions by the Competition Authority on Anti-Competitive Agreements, Concerted Practices and Decisions, and Assessment of Board Decisions Regarding the Pharmaceutical and Medical Sectors.”
On December 25, 2024, she gave a presentation titled “Competition Law and Administrative Fines” at the General Assembly of the Baby Products Manufacturers, Importers and Retailers Association held in Istanbul. On June 25, 2025, she was a guest speaker at the Competition Law Information Session organized in collaboration with the Manisa Bar Association and the Manisa Chamber of Commerce and Industry, where she once again presented her work.
Most recently, on July 30, 2025, she gave a presentation titled “Cartels and Anti-Competitive Agreements” to international participants during the 2025 Summer ELSA Law School Izmir, hosted by Izmir University of Economics, within the scope of the International Summer School on Commercial and Competition Law.
In addition to these, Sibel ÖZTÜRK regularly provides training to companies from various sectors as part of Competition Compliance Programs.
Since 2017, she has been a practicing lawyer registered with the Ankara Bar Association and currently serves as a Partner Attorney at Erikel & Partners Law Office, founded in 1990 in Ankara by Attorney-Mediator Mr. Yakup ERİKEL. She provides legal consultancy and advocacy services in Turkish and English to both domestic and international clients, particularly in her areas of expertise—Competition Law, Commercial Law, and Administrative Law—in accordance with relevant national and international regulations.
Attorney Sibel ÖZTÜRK was ranked among the Top 100 Income Taxpayers in Ankara in both 2022 and 2023.
She has represented corporate clients in all phases of investigations conducted before the Turkish Competition Authority for many years and continues to provide legal representation in ongoing proceedings.