COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH FAMILY LAW

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 1002 TURKISH FAMILY LAW ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Law

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SERDAR NART

Offered to

Law

Course Objective

Gain the knowledge of the Definition of Family, Marriage and Engagement to Marriage and Divorce and their Reason, and also the ending of marriage and their legal consequences. Also the establishment of Filiation, and the legal grounds of parental custody and tutelage will teached in this course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to determine the importance of family, which is the basis of society
2   Be able to inform about the concept of family and its place in Turkish law.
3   Be able to understand the stages of establishing the marital union (engagement, marriage) and the reasons for the termination of these stages (breaking off the engagement, divorce and separation).
4   Be able to understand the consequences of the dissolution of marriage for the parties and children.
5   Be able to determine the guardianship and custody law.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definiton of Family and General Knowledges of Family Law Lesson -questions and answers
2 Engagement and Marriage Lesson -questions and answers
3 The General Legal Consequences of Marriage (The Right's and Obligations of the Spouses, The personel statute of the spouses Lesson -questions and answers
4 The legal transaction of the spouses, the protection of family Lesson -questions and answers
5 The legal matrimonial property Lesson -questions and answers
6 The Invalidity of Marriage (the nullity, Partial invalidity-total invalidity Lesson -questions and answers
7 Divorce Lesson -questions and answers
8 The legal consequences of divorce about the spouse and children Lesson -questions and answers
9 The Definition of Filiation Lesson -questions and answers
10 The establishment of Filiation Lesson -questions and answers
11 Adoption Lesson -questions and answers
12 Law of Parental Custody Lesson -questions and answers
13 Law of Tutelage Lesson -questions and answers
14 The Protection of Family Lesson -questions and answers
15 Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Dural, Mustafa/Öğüz,Tufan/ Gümüş, Alper: Türk Özel Hukuku, Aile Hukuku, C. III, Istanbul 2012
Turgut Akıntürk, Aile Hukuku, Istanbul 2012.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face -to- Face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 MTEG MIDTERM AVERAGE GRADE roundVZ1 * 0.50 + VZ2 * 0.50,0
4 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
5 FIN FINAL EXAM
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE roundKPU + FN,0
7 RST RESIT
8 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) roundKPU + BUT,0


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

http://web.deu.edu.tr/hukuk/egitimogretim/lisans/basarideger.htm

Assessment Criteria

Assignment and Exam

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

serdar.nart@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday: 10.30-12.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 36 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for final exam 1 46 46
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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