COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LEGAL ELEMENTS OF FREEDOM OF THOUGHT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
INS 7236 LEGAL ELEMENTS OF FREEDOM OF THOUGHT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Human Rights Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR KORAY DOĞAN

Offered to

Human Rights Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

To identify, the disclosure of the thought which is the basic element of the personel development and accepted as a human right fort his reason, to analyze its borders, to solve the problem whether this freedom may be limited or not.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to identify the disclosure of the thought
2   Being able to present the constitutional basis of the disclosure of the thought
3   Being able to discuss the awards of the international judicial bodies about the topic
4   Being able to discuss the awards of the domestic judicial bodies about the topic
5   Being able to present the relationship of the disclosure of the thought with some offenses
6   Being able to present the relationship of the disclosure of the thought with other human rights

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The history of the freedom of thought
2 The expression of the terms disclosure of thought and the freedom of expression
3 The constitutional basis of the disclosure of thougts and its borders
4 The evalution of the awards of ECHR in the Turkey cases
5 The evaluation of the awards of the ECHR about other countries
6 The basis of the freedom of press and right to information
7 Midterm
8 Social media and freedom of thought
9 Defamation and right to criticism
10 The offence of the indignity the Turkish Nation, Republic of Turkey, Organisations and the organs of the government (TCC art. 301)
11 The attempt to effect the right to fair trail (TCC art. 288)
12 Absolute legislative immunity
13 The offence of making propaganda of the terrorist organisation (Anti-Terror Law,ATL art.7)
14 The term of the thoyght crime as an impediment to extradition of offender

Recomended or Required Reading

Ifade Özgürlüğü ve Türk Ceza Hukuku, Ceza Hukuku Derneği Yayını No.1, Istanbul 2003.
Yardımcı kaynaklar:
Hafızoğulları Zeki, Liberal-Demokratik Toplum, Hukuk ve Devlet Düzeninde Ifade Hürriyetinin Sınırı,
http://www.baskent.edu.tr/~zekih/ogrenci/ifade%20hurriyeti.doc
Can Osman, Anayasa Değişiklikleri ve Düşünceyi Açıklama Hürriyeti, Anayasa Yargısı, 19.Cilt 2002.
Akgül Mehmet Emin, Ifade Özgürlüğünün Tarihsel Süreci Ve Milli Güvenlik Gerekçesiyle Ifade Özgürlüğünün Kısıtlanması, AUHFD, 61(1), 2012.
Bozkurt/Dost, Avrupa Insan Hakları Mahkemesi Kararlarında Ifade Özgürlüğü ve Türkiye, SDÜ, IIBFD, Y.2002, C.7, S.1.
Macovei Monica, Ifade Özgürlüğü, Avrupa Insan Hakları Sözleşmesi 10. Maddesinin Uygulamasına Ilişkin Klavuz, Insan Hakları El Kitapları No.2.
Yılmaz Pınar, Görsel Işitsel Medyada Ifade Hürriyeti ve Sınırlandırılması, Yayınlanmamış Uzmanlık Tezi, Ankara 2011.
Murdoch Jim, Freedom of Thought, conscience and religion, 2007 Belgium.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, Presentations, discussions on the recent awards

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
D.E.Ü. Hukuk Fakültesi Dokuzçeşmeler Kampusü- Buca 35160 Izmir/TÜRKIYE Tel : (90)
(232) 301 04 62 Faks : (90) (232) 420 18 32 - 10466
E-Posta : koraydgn@gmail.com

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
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 4 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 108

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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