Mrs. Yurtsever was born in 1972 in Ankara. She completed her primary and secondary education in Ankara, her high school education at Antakya High School in Hatay, and graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law. She earned her master's degree in Private Law from the İstanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University Institute of Social Sciences.

In 1996, she started her career as a self-employed lawyer. She successfully completed specialization trainings in Mediation in Business Law, Consumer Law, and Construction Law, as well as trainings on Legislation Procedures and Principles. She worked as a Legal Consultant and Mediator. She served as a Member of the Board of Directors of Emlak Konut Real Estate Investment Company and as a Member of the Zeytinburnu Municipal Council for the 7th Term, serving as Second Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the Law and Women’s Commission. Later, she served as a Member of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipal Council for the 2014-2019 term, Secretary Member of the Presidency Council of the Municipal Council, and Chairman of the Commission for Women, Families, and Children. Between 2018 and 2021, she served as Counsellor to the Minister, Head of the Legal Services Department, and most recently as Deputy Director General in the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation, and Climate Change under the Presidential Government System.

She was first elected as a Member of the Council of Judges and Prosecutors (CJP) by the Plenary of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye on 24 November 2021 and served as a member of the First Chamber of the CJP. She was re-elected as a Member of the CJP by the Plenary on 5 November 2025 and currently serves as a First Chamber Member of the CJP.

She is married and has three sons.

Phone: 0 312 204 1092 - E-mail : havvanur.yurtsever@hsk.gov.tr