Damlanur İpek Özdemir

Damlanur İpek Özdemir is a Turkish compliance and data privacy professional serving as Senior Compliance & Data Privacy Specialist at SOCAR Türkiye. Her work focuses on building and strengthening compliance frameworks across a complex energy group, with responsibilities spanning data protection, third-party due diligence, KYC, conflicts of interest, anti-bribery and corruption, ethics, internal investigations, contract management and international trade sanctions. She is also actively engaged in the privacy community through IAPP Istanbul KnowledgeNet and has written on GDPR and the role of Data Protection Officers. Özdemir holds the CIPP/E certification, reflecting specialist knowledge of European data protection law and GDPR. Her profile combines legal and regulatory expertise with a practical approach to embedding compliance culture, improving operational awareness and supporting responsible decision-making across the business.