Undergraduate : Istanbul University
Law School:  Faculty of  Law of Istanbul University in 1970 
 
Flying School: Turkish Aeronautical Association Flight School(1989), Topair Flight School(1993), Tarkim Flight School(1998)
 
Admitted to bar: 1973 (Samsun).
 
Military service: Turkish Army
 
Member: of Samsun Bar Association (1973), International Bar Association (1976), Committees:Maritime and Transport Law,   Insurance Law and Aeronautical Law,   Turkish American  Association, Turkish Aeronautical Association, Turkish Airline Pilots Association, British-Turkish Lawyers Association, Aviation Insurance Association, Associate Member of American Bar Association (1996), Lawyer Pilots Bar Association , Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Lawyers Flying Club (UK) , EAA (USA), Civil Aviation Academy (Turkey), European Air Law Association(EALA), The European Aviation Club (Brussels).
 
Member: International Academy of Trial Lawyers 2009
 
Author: Yasar Ozturk is a published author of six reference texts, and innumerable seminar papers and presentations.
 
Honors: Awarded with the medal of Cavaliero di San Silvestro (Knight) by Pope Jean Paul II for his legal services given to the Italian Catholic Churches in Turkey in 1987.
 
Focus: Aviation Law, Air Finance, Maritime and Transport Law, Foreign Investment Law, Litigation and Arbitration, Commercial Law, Private International Law.
 
PILOT: Commercial Pilot’s License with multi engine rating.
 
Languages:Turkish, English and Italian languages.
 
BOOKS BY Yasar Ozturk