On November 23, Prof. Ece Göztepe, dean of the Faculty of Law, was elected a member of the Executive Board of the German–Turkish Law Association (Deutsch–Türkische Juristenvereinigung) by the association’s General Assembly. Prof. Göztepe’s election marks the first time since the association’s founding in 1986 that an individual holding a position in Turkey has been named an Executive Board member.