COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH LEGAL SYSTEM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILS 4505 TURKISH LEGAL SYSTEM ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET REFIK KORKUSUZ

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)
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Course Objective

To have knowledge about our legal institutions and legal rules by learning the basic structure of the Turkish Legal System.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be abbe to explain the information sources of law and the rules of order of society
2   To be able to explain the sources of legal rules and the basic legal systems in the world
3   To be able to understand the distinction and branches of public law and private law
4   To be able to explain the structure of the Turkish judicial organization

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Law and Rights concepts
2 Elements of legal rules
3 Sources of law
4 Division of law into branches
5 Right-Legal Transaction-Legal Act
6 Departments of the Judiciary
7 Introduction to Private Law
8 Midterm
9 Introduction to Public Law
10 Liability in Law
11 Turkish Judicial System
12 Turkish Judicial System
13 Turkish Judicial System
14 Turkish Judicial System
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Source: Korkusuz, M. Refik/ Korkusuz, M. Halit, Hukuk Başlangıcı, 5. Baskı, Beta Yayıncılık, 2022, Istanbul.
Subsidiary Sources: Turkish Appeal Court's Official websites and official newspaper.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 0.60


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)

mehmetrefik.korkusuz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

On the Course days.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 138

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.15555
LO.255
LO.3444
LO.4455