Trained by Assist. Prof. Dr. Tuğrul Çakır and Res. Assist. Hüdai Ünal from the Department of Public International Law at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Law, 4th-year law students Fatih Han Balaban and Batuhan Akbulut participated in the European rounds of the Space Law Moot Court Competition (Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition) held in Jaen, Spain, from April 17-21, 2023. During the preliminary rounds, our students competed against two teams from the United Kingdom, one team from France, and one team from Poland. As a result of the preliminary rounds, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University became a semi-finalist along with Leiden University, the University of Vienna, and the University of Cologne. Following the semi-final rounds, our team completed the competition as the fourth in Europe. Furthermore, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University was deemed worthy of "The Best Memorial" award, one of the three awards presented by the competition organizer, the European Centre for Space Law (ECSL).
