COURSE UNIT TITLE

: JUDICIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HUK 2060 JUDICIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Law

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MÜGE VATANSEVER ÖZTÜRK

Offered to

Law

Course Objective

To be informed about the judicial organization of the Ottoman Empire, present-day organization of the judiciary to learn how to develop and present institutions and the establishment of a system of comparison between the old ones to do.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define the basic concepts related to the judicial organization of the Ottoman Empire.
2   To be able to specify substantially the general and the special courts of the structure and subject-matter jurisdiction in the Ottoman Empire.
3   To be able to distinguish between of the differences to Non-muslim subject to the jurisdiction and muslim subject to the jurisdiction.
4   To be able to explain the reasons of reforms of the judiciary after the Tanzimat.
5   To be able to relate developments in law and judicial organization of the changes.
6   To be able to compare judicial organization in the past and today s judicial organization.
7   To have information about cases and evidence in Ottoman courts.

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 - Giving information about the course of teaching methods - Students will be given course materials related to the processing of
2 - Generally the classical period of Ottoman judicial organization and give general information about the courts - Resources of the judicial organization
3 - Şeriyye (judge) courts (the structure, functions, composition, functioning)
4 - Kadı and judicial organization of the support workers
5 - Shaykh Al-Islam, the Imperial Council, court of the Grand Vizier, courts of the Kazasker
6 - Special courts of the classical period
7 - The case (case conditions, the evidence, the trial operation) - Legal remedy
8 -Developments of the Ottoman Judicial Organization after the Tanzimat
9 - Trade and mixed commercial courts
10 -Courts of Nizamiye
11 - Special Courts (Community, consular, administrative, military courts) - Shura-yi State, the Court of Justice judgments
12 - Courts of Şeriyye at the Tanzimat Period and Meclis-i Tetkikat-ı Şeriyye
13 -Trial and verdict -Legal remedies
14 Overall Rating
15 Midterm Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Textbooks:Vatansever Öztürk, Müge: Osmanlı Ceza Hukukunda Adil Yargılama Ilkesi, Ankara 2022. Demir, Abdullah; Medeni Yargılama Hukuku Osmanlı Mahkemesi, Izmir 2010; Ekinci, Ekrem Buğra; Osmanlı Mahkemeleri, Istanbul 2004.
Other textbooks: Cin, Halil/Akyılmaz, Gül; Türk Hukuk Tarihi, Konya 2011 ve Üçok, Coşkun/Mumcu, Ahmet/Bozkurt, Gülnihal; Türk Hukuk Tarihi, Ankara 2011; Cin, Halil/Akgündüz, Ahmed; Türk Hukuk Tarihi, Istanbul 2012; Aydın, Mehmet Akif; Türk Hukuk Tarihi, Istanbul 2010.
Materials: Other History of Law books, journals, registers and internet resources.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE roundKPU + FN,0
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) roundKPU + BUT,0


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)

muge.vatansever@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 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 24 24
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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