Born in Elazığ in 1975, Selçuk Kar graduated from the Faculty of Law of Marmara University in 1998 and began his professional life as an independent lawyer in 1999. Throughout his career he has worked mainly in the fields of human rights, criminal law, criminal procedure and the law on the execution of sentences, and numerous articles and interviews of his have been published in newspapers and magazines in these fields.

He took part in many important cases both in domestic law and before the European Court of Human Rights against the human rights violations experienced during the 28 February process, and, maintaining close contact with non-governmental organizations (the Jurists Association, Mazlum-Der, the Human Foundation and others), waged an active struggle against the lawlessness of the coup periods. He acted as counsel for victims and intervening parties in many cases of public concern such as the Mavi Marmara, Yasin Börü, the 17-25 December judicial intervention, the Selam-Tevhid conspiracy and the 15 July coup attempt.

He contributed to legal regulations by taking part in the drafting work on the Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Anti-Terror Law in 2005; he also took on active roles in the field of foundations law in particular, and participated in the establishment process of more than 20 foundations. In order to contribute to the training of young jurists, he served for eight years as Chairman of the Law Committee under the roof of the Human and Civilization Movement.

Kar, who served as a member of the Board of Directors of İGİAD between 2018 and 2020, currently takes an active role in the boards of trustees of İGİAD, the Akyuva Foundation and the KİM Foundation, as well as on the Head Office Board of Directors of the Association for the Dissemination of Science.

Elected a member of the Provincial Executive Board at the 7th Ordinary Congress of the AK Party in Istanbul in 2021, Kar served in the Social Policies and R&D and Education units there, and was a parliamentary candidate for the AK Party Istanbul 2nd Region in the 2023 general elections. He was also among the founders of Istanbul Bar Association No. 2 and served as Chairman of its Disciplinary Board in the previous term. He currently serves as the AK Party representative on the Provincial Human Rights Board of the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Türkiye at the Governorship of Istanbul.

Specialized in criminal law in particular, as well as in enforcement and bankruptcy law, labour and social security law, civil law, the law of obligations and the Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK), Kar also has deep experience in fields of private law such as business partnerships, company mergers and real estate investment agreements.

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