COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OTTOMAN COURTS AND JUDICIARY ORGANIZATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Public Law

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IREM KARAKOÇ

Offered to

Public Law

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to examine the Ottoman court system within the scope of court types and court personnel and their powers and duties.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to make a general assessment about the Islamic-Ottoman judicial system
2   To be able to count the subjects of the proceedings in Ottoman law
3   To know the qualifications, appointments, duties and powers that kadis should have
4   Summarizing the information sources of kadis
5   To be able to count the assistants of the kadis
6   Knowing the names, duties and powers of the classical period Ottoman courts
7   To be able to count the Ottoman courts within the framework of the developments in the 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 evaluation of the Islamic-Ottoman judicial system
2 Subjects of trial in Ottoman law
3 Qualifications, appointments, duties and powers of kadis in Ottoman law
4 Information sources of kadis in Ottoman law
5 Assistants, duties and powers of kadis in Ottoman law
6 Midterm
7 Classical period Ottoman courts, their duties and powers
8 Ottoman courts, their duties and powers within the framework of developments in the Tanzimat period
9 Fınal

Recomended or Required Reading

Aydın, Mehmet Âkif. Türk Hukuk Tarihi, Beta Yayıncılık, 16. Baskı, Istanbul, 2019.
Üçok, Coşkun; Mumcu, Ahmet; Bozkurt, Gülnihal. Türk Hukuk Tarihi, Turhan Kitabevi, 24. Baskı, Ankara, 2022.
Vatansever Öztürk, Müge. Osmanlı Ceza Hukukunda Adil Yargılama Ilkesi, Seçkin Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2022.
Articles on the subject.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, seminar assignment 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 * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


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

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 9 5 45
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 20 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 123

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