Merve Akkus and Elif Yaver have joined Tunc, Firat, Dereli's Corporate and M&A group as Partners.
Before the move, Akkus worked for CMS' Turkish affiliate YBK as a Senior Associate between 2023 and 2025. Earlier, she was an Associate with Linklaters between 2021 and 2023, and also worked for Dentons' Turkish affiliate BASEAK as an Associate between 2018 and 2020 and as a Senior Associate between 2020 and 2021. Earlier still, she worked as an Associate for Linklaters in 2017, Chadbourne & Parke between 2016 and 2017, as well as for Bezen & Partners between 2010 and 2016.
Yaver was a Senior Legal Counsel for Coca-Cola between 2022 and 2025. Earlier, she worked as an Associate for Paksoy between 2016 and 2022.