Zeynep Reva graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 1996. After completing her legal internship at the Istanbul Bar Association, she earned an LL.M. in Economic Law from Istanbul Bilgi University and an M.Sc. in Forensic Medicine and Ethics from Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University. She holds a PhD in Medical Law from Istanbul Medeniyet University.
Dr. Reva specializes in human rights, violence against disadvantaged groups—particularly women and children—forensic sciences, and victimology. As an expert in developing, coordinating, and teaching projects related to preventing violence, she served as a national consultant for the EU/Council of Europe “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey: Strengthening the Protection of Human Rights of Migrants and Victims of Human Trafficking in Turkey (2019-2022).” She is also a national consultant on gender equality and communication for the Council of Europe project “Promoting Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in Turkey (2021-2023).”
Currently serving as the Coordinator of the OzU Violence and Law Laboratory, Dr. Reva is the Project Coordinator for the “Advice to My 18-Year-Old Self: Intergenerational Bridge Documentary Project,” supported by the European Union Sivil Düşün Program.
Her extensive project management experience includes serving as Deputy Coordinator and trainer for the “Zero Tolerance for Forced Marriages Project” (funded by the Embassy of Canada to Ankara) and Project Coordinator/trainer for the “Support for Children at Risk Project” (supported by Freedom House). Other notable projects she has led or coordinated include the “Child Does Not Wait Project,” focused on teaching children’s rights; the “Phoenixes Project,” aimed at raising awareness against violence toward women; and the “No Child Brides Project,” which combats early and forced marriages.
Dr. Reva is a member of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Community Mental Health Scientific Board and an active member of the Istanbul Bar Association’s Women’s Rights and Children’s Rights Centers. She has published numerous articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals and presented papers at various congresses on topics including children’s rights, women’s rights, the rights of older persons, forced marriages, medical law, and forensic sciences. She is the author of two books: Forensic Insurance and Traditional and Complementary Medicine Law and Malpractice.
She currently lectures on Human Rights Practices, Human Rights Law, Children at Risk, Combating Child Labor and the Rights of Child Workers, Project Development and Cycle, and the Effects of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms on Private Law.
