COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HUK 1036 TURKISH CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Law

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SERDAR NARIN

Offered to

Law

Course Objective

In this class, the constitutionalism idea in Ottoman and Republic period, the basic specifications of the constitutions of 1876-1921-1924-1961 and 1982, their regulations relating to state organization, fundamental rights and freedoms system and the practices of these constitutions, and the political and constitutional regime of their time will be lectured.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain constitutionalism in Ottoman period.
2   To be able to compare the constitutions of 1876 and 1921.
3   To be able to explain the constitution of 1924 and the political regime of its time.
4   To internalize the basic specifications of the constitution of 1961 and the constitutional institutions.
5   To explain the basic specifications of the constitution of 1982, the state system and fundamental rights-freedoms system which it brought.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The idea of Constitutionalism
2 The constitutional movements by the time of the constitution of 1876
3 The constitution of 1876 and its basic specifications
4 Constitutional amendments in 1909
5 Constitutionalism and constitutional documents in the war of independence
6 The Constitution of 1921 and its basic specifications
7 The application of the Constitution of 1921
8 The basic specifications of the constitution of 1924
9 The application of the constitution of 1921
10 The Constitution of 1961
11 The new constitutional institutions and concepts brought by the Constitution of 1961
12 The state system in the constitution of 1982 and the fundamental characteristics of The Republic in the Constitution of 1982
13 Midterm Exam
14 Midterm Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbooks:
TANÖR Bülent, Osmanlı-Türk Anayasal Gelişmeleri: 1789-1980, Istanbul, Der Yayınları.
Yardımcı kaynaklar:
KILI Şeref-GÖZÜBÜYÜK Şeref, Türk Anayasa Metinleri, Ankara, Türkiye Iş Bankası Yayınları.
Referanslar: Turkish Grand National Assembly, www.tbmm.gov.tr
Diğer ders materyalleri: Other materials

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, presentation of the texts of former Turkish Constitutions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE roundKPU + FN,0
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) roundKPU + BUT,0


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 24 24
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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