COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ISSUES OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN TURKEY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TCT 5012 ISSUES OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN TURKEY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History of The Turkish Republic

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TÜRKMEN TÖRELI

Offered to

History of The Turkish Republic

Course Objective

It is aimed to convey the development of human rights, the situation of the human rights in Turkey and Turkish Constitution and the basic developments of human rights area in international law.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to have a comprehensive knowledge of the basic concepts of human rights.
2   To be able to achieve an awareness of human rights
3   To be able to interpret the provisions relating to fundamental rights and freedoms in 1982 Constitution
4   To be able to examine the developments in human rights
5   To be able to explain the elements of international human rights law

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The basic concepts of human rights
2 The historical development of human rights (Until 19th century)
3 The historical development of human rights (19th century and after)
4 The types of human rights
5 Protection of human rights within the Ottoman-Turkish Constitutional developments and fundamental rights and freedoms in Constitution of 1982
6 Restrictions and suspension of the exercise of fundamental rights and freedoms in 1982 Constitution
7 Current developments of human rights in Turkey
8 Current developments about human rights in Turkey and right of individual communication to Constitutional Court
9 Protection of human rights in international law
10 Protection of human rights in UN system
11 Protection of human rights within Council Europe and European Convention of Human Rights
12 Litigation in European Court of Human Rights within European Convention of Human Rights
13 General Evaluation
14 Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Mustafa Erdoğan, Insan Hakları Teorisi ve Hukuku, Orion Kitabevi, 2007;
Ibrahim Kaboğlu, Özgürlükler Hukuku, Imge Kitabevi; Semih Gemalmaz, Ulusalüstü Insan Hakları Hukukunun Genel Teorisine Giriş, Legal, 2010; Feyyaz Gölcüklü-Şeref Gözübüyük, Avrupa Insan Hakları Sözleşmesi ve Uygulaması, Turhan, 2002.
Durmuş Tezcan-Mustafa R. Erdem- Oğuz Sancakdar-Murat Önok, Avrupa Insan Hakları Sözleşmesi Işığında Türkiye nin Insan Hakları Sorunu, Seçkin-2010

Supplementary Book(s):
Articles, Decisions of Constitutional Court and European Court of Human Rights.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, analyzing the examples of actual human rights situations, court decisions, and the active participation of the students.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** 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)

turkmen.toreli@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, at 13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 138

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.112322
LO.213322
LO.313322
LO.413322
LO.513322