Rate My Professor Sylvia Tiryaki

JUDr. Sylvia Tiryaki, PhD., univ. doc., is an associate professor of international law and human rights at the Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts (BISLA), where she has lectured since 2019 on international public law, human rights, international conflicts, international relations, EU politics, and Middle East geopolitics. A political scientist with expertise in these areas, her research interests encompass the Middle East, Turkey, Cyprus, and the Caucasus. Tiryaki completed her studies at the Faculty of Law of Comenius University in Bratislava in 1996, earning a doctor of law degree, and holds a PhD in political theory. She practiced law in Slovakia until 2002. From 2003 to 2018, she was a full faculty member and vice-chair of the Department of International Relations at Istanbul Kultur University, delivering courses on international law, constitutional law, human rights, history of political thought, and conflict resolution. Concurrently, from 2003 to 2008, she served as a senior research fellow and coordinator of Cyprus projects at the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) in Istanbul.