COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OTTOMAN LAND LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMH 7025 OTTOMAN LAND LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Public Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IREM KARAKOÇ

Offered to

Public Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

To explain the general principles of the Ottoman land law, to determine the types of land and legal consequences related to it; to examine the concept of property in Ottoman land law by examining in detail mîrî land and timar system within the scope of örfi 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 miri 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 miri land
5   To be able to determine the difference of inheritance transfer rules in mülk and miri land
6   To be able to explain the deterioration in Ottoman land order after Tanizmat 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 Ferağ of miri land
2 Subject and sections of Ottoman Land Law, indicating the resources to be used in the course Transfer of miri land and mülk agricultural lands
3 Property concept of Islamic Law, concepts of rakabe, yed and tasarruf Priority purchase right in transfer of miri land
4 Codification of the law of land in the Ottoman Empire Disruption of Ottoman land order, signs of corruption in order
5 Miri land regime and Tımar system
6 Types of miri land, its formation, the enactment of the law of miri 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 tefviz and the parties of it, the nature of the right acquired by the mutasarrıf
10 Tasarruf in miri land, its principles accepted by the Land Law

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


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 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 160

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.31
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