Eren was born in 1981 in Zile, Turkey. He graduated from İzmir Karşıyaka Anatolian High School and has degrees from the Department of Public Administration of Ankara University (BA, MA and PhD) and a JD degree from Kırıkkale University Faculty of Law.  His doctoral dissertation on public procurement, titled “A Study on the Interdependence of the State-Market Relationship” was approved anonymously.

In 2006 Eren started working for the Turkish Public Procurement Authority as a Public Procurement Expert.  He focused on issues related to objections and appeals processes and also prepared regulations and secondary legislation in connection to the Turkish public procurement system.

Between 2010-2011, he worked in the Green Public Procurement Project jointly run by the Public Procurement Authority and the Regional Environmental Center.

In August 2012, he submitted a paper to the International Public Procurement Conference, which was approved by the referee committee and included in the conference publication.

Between 2010-2012 he also served as  the President of the Association of Public Procurement Experts.

He took part as a lecturer in numerous trainings and seminars on public procurement practices in ministries, universities, municipalities, bar associations and similar institutions.

TOPRAK is currently practicing law as an attorney registered with the Ankara Bar, while continuing his lectures on Public Procurement Law at Hacettepe University Faculty of Law, Department of Public Law, Economy and Energy Law graduate programme.

TOPRAK has many publications to his name, including books and articles in refereed publications:

BOOKS:

1. TOPRAK Eren, (2012), Service Procurement Tenders in Turkey; Evaluation on the Concept and Structure, Ankara, Seçkin Publications
2. TOPRAK Eren, (2016), Public Tenders; Legal, Administrative and Political Dimensions of Public Procurement, Ankara, Turhan Bookstore Publications
3. TOPRAK Eren, (2021), Public Procurement Law, Ankara, Seçkin Publications

BOOK CHAPTERS:

1. TOPRAK Eren, (2014), “Sample Practice on Green Public Procurement; An Example of Sustainable Public Procurement in the UK” , Basic Issues in Public Procurement Law (in), Ankara, Public Procurement Authority Publications, pp. 308-327
2. TOPRAK Eren, (2021), “The Scope of the Review Authority of the Public Procurement Board within the Framework of the Concepts of Legality and Expediency”, Developments in Public Procurement, Digital Transformation and Contract Management, Ankara, Public Procurement Authority Publications, pp. 65-86

ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN NATIONAL REFEREED JOURNALS

1. TOPRAK Eren, (2019), “Public Procurement Law as an Academic Field of Study”, Journal of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations, Vol : 32, Issue: 145, pp. 369-395.
2. TOPRAK Eren, (2020), “Criticism of the Jurisprudence of the Council of State on the Legal  Basis of Prohibition in Contracts Exempted from the Law on Public Procurement Contracts”, Journal of the Faculty of Law of Bahçeşehir University , Issue: 189-190
3. TOPRAK Eren, (2021), “The Relationship between Authority-Duty-Responsibility in State Administration: An Analysis of Managerial Legitimacy”, Journal of the Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University , Vol: 76, Issue: 1

PAPERS SUBMITTED AND PUBLISHED WITHIN THE SCOPE OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

1. TOPRAK Eren, (2012), “Public Service Contracts in Turkey; An Overview of Contracted Out Governmental Services, International Public Procurement Conference, Seattle

PAPERS SUBMITTED AND PUBLISHED WITHIN THE SCOPE OF NATIONAL CONFERENCES

1. TOPRAK Eren, (2015), “Evaluations on the Tender Cancellation Decisions by the Administration”, 2nd Public Procurement Law Congress, Istanbul. (Book: Communiqués and Articles on Public Procurement Law-II, Istanbul, Aristo Publications, pp. 178-197)
2. TOPRAK Eren, (2017), “Evaluations on Electronic Procurement Practices in Turkey”, 33rd National Informatics Congress, Ankara (Book: Notices Book of the 33rd National Informatics Congress, pp.34-40 )
3. TOPRAK Eren, (2017), “Evaluation of Price Adjustment Practices in the Law on Public Procurement Contracts", Symposium on Evaluation of Public Procurement Law and Public Procurement Contracts Law Practices, Ankara, Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey
4. TOPRAK Eren, (2018), “Prohibition from Public Procurement and its Legal Consequences”, Symposium on Current Problems in Public Procurement Law, Cyprus International University, Nicosia
5. TOPRAK Eren, (2019), “Can the Legal Regime of Public Procurements be regulated through Presidential Decrees?  President's Executive Power and Evaluation in the Framework of the Legislative Body's Budgetary Right”, Symposium on Presidential Decisions: Legal Aspects, Their Place in the Hierarchy of Norms and Inspections Symposium, Istanbul Culture University, Istanbul.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

1. TOPRAK Eren, (2007), “A New Concept in the Public Procurement System: Framework Contracts”, Terazi Law Journal, Year: 3, Issue: 19, pp. 141-166
2. TOPRAK Eren, (2009), “Evaluation of Certain Provisions and Regulations Regarding the Prohibition Decision in Public Procurement Legislation”, Terazi Law Journal, Year: 4, Issue: 35
3. TOPRAK Eren, (2014), “Evaluation of Legislative Changes Regarding the Application of Abnormally Low Tenders in Service Procurement, Terazi   Law Journal, Issue: 98
4. TOPRAK Eren, (2014), “Explanation and Evaluation of Abnormally Low Tenders in Food Catering Tenders, Journal of Administrative and Financial Legislation, Issue: 171
5. TOPRAK Eren, (2014), ”Conceptual Notes on the Detection and Evaluation of Abnormally Low Tenders in Public Procurement Practices", Journal of Informatics, Issue: 109-110
6. TOPRAK Eren, (2015), “Observations on Informatics Sector Tenders”, Contemporary Legislation, Issue: 182
7. TOPRAK Eren, (2015), “Equal Bid Evaluation in Service Procurement Tenders”, Administrative and Financial Legislation, Issue: 181.
8. TOPRAK Eren, (2016), “Examples of ‘False Facts’ in Public Procurement Practices”, Journal of Public Procurement World, Issue : 6.
9. TOPRAK Eren, (2017), “Exemptions in  Public Procurement Law: Notes on the Current Situation and Criteria for Exemptions from the Law”, Journal of Public Procurement World, Issue: 8.

TOPRAK Eren, (2019), “Notes on the Principle of Equality in the Law on Public Procurement Contracts”, Journal of Human Construction Industry, Issue: 172, pp. 40-47.

Yavuz was born in Izmit, Turkey, in 1982. He has a BA in International Relations from Ankara University. He completed his master’s degree at Yale University with a scholarship in 2011-2013.
He started his career in 2005 as an Assistant Foreign Trade Specialist at the Prime Ministry Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade, General Directorate for Standardization in Foreign Trade. In 2008 he was appointed as a Foreign Trade Specialist, and in 2014 he was promoted to Head of Branch responsible for commercial quality controls of agricultural produce at import and export stages. 

In 2015, he came together with his colleagues from the Turkish Public Procurement Authority and developed Turkey’s first and only online training series in the field of public procurement legislation.

In 2017, he was offered a fixed-term contract as a P3 level Economic Affairs Officer at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva, Switzerland. 
 
After working there for 2 years, he returned to Turkey, resigned from public service and founded 10k Consulting.

Yavuz is very fluent in English and fluent in Russian.  He is married, and father to one daughter.