Valentina Rita Scotti holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Public Law and is Post-doctoral Researcher at the Koç University Law School. She publishes in Italian and international reviews and edited volumes on constitutionalism and human rights in the Mediterranean area, cross-fertilization of legal models and parliamentary cooperation. In 2014, she published her first monograph on ‘Constitutionalism in Turkey between national identity and cross-fertilization’ (in Italian). From 2007 to 2010, she also worked at the Italian Minister of Environment, mainly as consultant for the legal office.