The 2026 Summer Term internship program of the Ankara University National Center for the Sea and Maritime Law (DEHUKAM) has been completed. During the internship period, our interns carried out valuable work by conducting comprehensive research on various topics related to the sea and maritime law. We congratulate all our interns who have successfully completed their internships and thank them for their contributions to our center.

Interns, country profiles, essay topics, and responsible researchers are as follows:

Responsible researcher Assoc. Prof. Ali İbrahim Akkutay and Büşra Deniz; intern Şevval Bilge Temel (Country Profile: Brazil) “Climate Evidence-Based Data Collecting and Sharing”, intern Burcu Sar (Country Profile: Vietnam) “Maritime Jurisdiction Disputes in the South China Sea”, intern Doğancan Ayaz (Country Profile: Iceland) “Maritime Jurisdiction Delimitations and Outer Continental Shelf Claims in Greenland Under UNCLOS”,

Responsible Researcher Çağrı Ünal; intern Hayrunisa Yazıcı (Country Profile: Chile) “The Evolution of Charterparties and Bills of Lading in the Digital Era: A Legal Analysis of Smart Contracts and Tokenization under the UK’s ETDA 2023 and Property Act 2025 Frameworks”, intern Kemal Orgun Sağlam (Country Profile: Marshall Islands) “The Collapse of Reinsurance and the Doctrine of Financial Unseaworthiness: A Comparative Analysis of Cross-Border Affreightment in the 2026 Hormuz Crisis”,

Responsible Researcher Derya Ulutürk; intern Yumna Bakırtaş (Country Profile: Iceland) “National Fund Resources”, intern Elif Nisa Ergezer (Country Profile: Maldives) “The Impact of Sea Level Rise on the Maritime Rights of Small Island States Within the Scope of the Law of the Sea”,

Responsible Researcher Emre ÖNSÖZ; intern Semih Elmalı (Country Profile: Bulgaria) “Securing Offshore Energy Facilities and Liability for Damage Caused by Sabotage”.

We believe that the participation of students in the DEHUKAM Internship program will be beneficial for their careers.

We would like to thank all our interns and our Internship Coordinator DEHUKAM COO, Dr. Adnan Menderes Aydın, for ensuring the successful completion of the internship period.

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