COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OTTOMAN LAND LAW SYSTEM

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMH 5059 OTTOMAN LAND LAW SYSTEM ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Public Law

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IREM KARAKOÇ

Offered to

Public Law

Course Objective

To explain the general principles of Ottoman land law, to determine the types of land and the legal consequences related to it; to examine the concept of property in Ottoman land law by examining in detail the mîrî land and timar system within the scope of örfî law and to explain how the deterioration in the Ottoman land order took place after the Tanzimat period.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To recognize the basic concepts and institutions related to Ottoman land law
2   To be able to explain the effects of the Mîrî land system in Turkish legal history
3   To be able to specify the land types in the Land Law of 1858
4   To be able to reveal the importance of the concepts of tefviz, tasarruf and ferağ in Mîrî land
5   To be able to determine the difference of inheritance transfer rules in Mülk land and Mîrî land
6   To be able to explain the deterioration in Ottoman land order after Tanzimat period

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General information about the purpose and content of the course
2 Subject and sections of Ottoman Land Law, indicating the resources to be used in the course
3 Property concept of Islamic Law, concepts of rakabe, yed and tasarruf
4 Codification of the law of the land in the Ottoman Empire
5 Mîrî land regime and Tımar system
6 Types of mîrî land, its formation, the enactment of the law of mîrî land in the Ottoman State
7 Description of tımar, the state's right on land subject to the tımar system, types of tımar
8 Midterm
9 Description of the tefviz and the parties of it, the nature of the right acquired by the mutasarrıf
10 Tasarruf in the Mîrî land, the tasarruf principle accepted by the Land Law
11 The ferağ of Mîrî land
12 Transfer of Mîrî land and mülk agricultural lands
13 Priority purchase right in transfer of Mîrî land
14 Disruption of Ottoman land order, signs of corruption in order

Recomended or Required Reading

CIN, Halil; Osmanlı Toprak Düzeni ve Bu Düzenin Bozulması, 4. Baskı, Ankara 2016.
CIN, Halil; "Osmanlı Toprak Hukukunda Miri Arazinin Hukuki Rejimi ve Bu Arazinin TMK. Karşısındaki Durumu", AÜHFD, Volume 22, Issue 1, 1966.
In related to the subject Legal History Books, journals and internet resources

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, seminar work and presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + STT * 0.20 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + STT * 0.20 + RST * 0.40


*** 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)

irem.karakoc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday and Thursday 12:30-13:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 13 6 78
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 175

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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