Dr. Taner Aydin completed his studies at Freie Universität Berlin, graduating in 2005 with the First State Examination in Law. He subsequently obtained his doctorate on a topic in legal philosophy. He completed his legal clerkship at the Kammergericht Berlin and passed the Second State Examination in Law in 2010. He then worked as a self-employed attorney specializing in copyright and media law. In 2012, he became legal counsel at the German Federal Film Board (Filmförderungsanstalt), where he dealt with issues related to funding law, administrative law, and media law. Since 2016, Dr. Aydin has been serving as a policy officer at the Office of the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), where he is responsible for regulatory projects in the field of film funding at both statutory and sub-statutory levels. Since 2021, he has also been a part-time lecturer at the Berlin School of Economics and Law, teaching fundamental and human rights at the Department of Police and Security Management. From February 2023 to 2025, Dr. Aydin served as a DAAD-funded long-term lecturer in public law at the Turkish-German University in Istanbul and currently continues his role as a flying faculty member.