COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ROLE OF INDICTMENT IN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CZA 7035 ROLE OF INDICTMENT IN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Criminal Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR KORAY DOĞAN

Offered to

Criminal Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to examine the role of the indictment and prosecutors in criminal proceedings.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to apprehend the function of indictment in criminal procedure
2   to understand the status and functions of prosecutors in criminal procedure
3   to evaluate the criminal procedure mechanism
4   to understand how the dismissal of the indictment works
5   to internalize due process and right to fair trial

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Prosecutor's Office
2 Principle of compulsory public prosecution
3 Prosecutor's monopolised power to open open main proceedings (to bring criminal charges to court) and exceptions to this power
4 The relationship between the indictment and right to fair trial
5 The status of the prosecutor regarding the new prosecutor model of the Criminal Procedure Code
6 Indictment's functions to limit, notify, and filtre
7 Midterm
8 The status and the rights of the suspect in investigation procedure and the problem of his/her ability to influence indictment preparation process
9 The meaning of the terms sufficient doubt and sufficient evidence in indictment
10 Suspension of the main trial
11 Dismissal of the indictment
12 The relationship between the evidence obtained via confidential investigation measures and illegal evidence obtained at the investigation procedure
13 Preventive policing and its effects on the indictment preparation
14 The change of the qualification of the charged crime at the main trial and its relation to additional indictment (Turkish Criminal Code Article 225-226)

Recomended or Required Reading

Özbek Veli Özer/ Kanbur Nihat/ Doğan Koray/ Bacaksız Pınar/ Tepe Ilker, Ceza Muhakemesi Hukuku, 4. Baskı, Ankara 2012.
Centel Nur/ Zafer Hamide, Ceza Muhakemesi Hukuku, 9. Baskı, Istanbul 2012.
Kunter Nurullah/ Yenisey Feridun/ Nuhoğlu Ayşe, Muhakeme Hukuku Dalı Olarak Ceza Muhakemesi Hukuku, 18. Bası, Istanbul 2010.
Ünver Yener/ Hakeri Hakan, Ceza Muhakemesi Hukuku, 3. Baskı, Ankara 2010.
Gültekin Özkan, Öğretide ve Uygulamada Iddianame ve Iddianamenin Iadesi, Ankara 2011.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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 * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + 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)

Ass. Prof. Dr. Koray Doğan
koraydgn@gmail.com
4204180 - 20416
D.E.Ü. Hukuk Fakültesi Dokuzçeşmeler Kampusü- Buca 35160 Izmir/TÜRKIYE

Office Hours

Wednesday 12:00-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 16 2 32
Preparation for final exam 10 2 20
Preparing presentations 6 1 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 140

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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