{"id":105,"date":"2026-09-17T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T13:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/maerkan\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2026-09-17T14:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:30:39","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/maerkan\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TurkishLegalBench<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default has-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2026<\/strong> \u2014 A comprehensive multi-task benchmark suite for Turkish Legal NLP, including a research dataset and evaluation code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.18555735\">Dataset<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mrkn7\/TurkishLegalBench\">Code<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CODATA \/ UNESCO DPTC Survey Analysis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2026<\/strong> \u2014 Contributed on the analysis side of the Data Policy Committee work on data policies for times of crisis. Reviewed 146 survey responses quantitatively and qualitatively and analysed open-ended responses concerning crisis data governance, training, common standards and researcher\u2013practitioner collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/2026\/09\/08\/from-checklists-to-crisis-response-codata-and-unesco-present-the-first-global-survey-on-data-policies-for-times-of-crisis\/\">Read the CODATA blog article<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u0130ctiHub \u2014 AI-Powered Legal Technology Platform<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LLM and Data Science Advisor, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Advised on legal dataset construction, large language model development and evaluation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\">Worked on vector-based information retrieval and retrieval-augmented generation architectures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Platform capabilities include semantic case-law retrieval, legal document summarisation and analysis, AI-assisted petition and contract drafting, and integrated legal workflow management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GSIGN Patent Application Management System \u2014 T\u00dcRKSAT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Researcher, 2024\u20132025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Contributed to a patent application management platform using Next.js and Spring Boot microservices, including AI-based likelihood assessment and blockchain-backed immutable logging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TurkishLegalBench 2026 \u2014 A comprehensive multi-task benchmark suite for Turkish Legal NLP, including a research dataset and evaluation code. Dataset \u00b7 Code CODATA \/ UNESCO DPTC Survey Analysis 2026 \u2014 Contributed on the analysis side of the Data Policy Committee work on data policies for times of crisis. Reviewed 146 survey responses quantitatively and qualitatively [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9623,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-105","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/maerkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/maerkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/maerkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/maerkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9623"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/maerkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/maerkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.metu.edu.tr\/maerkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}