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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS KMH 6062 COMPARATIVE POLITICS AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Public Law

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TÜRKER ERTAŞ

Offered to

Public Law

Course Objective

To analyze the comparative political developments in terms of constitutional law.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to analyze the contemporary comparative political developments in terms of constitutional law 2   To be able to analyze the comparative legislative and executive elections in terms of constitutional law 3   To be able to evaluate the comparative political developments regarding executive branches in terms of constitutional law 4   To be able to evaluate the comparative political developments regarding legislative branches in terms of constitutional law 5   To be able to evaluate the comparative political developments regarding judicial branches in terms of constitutional law

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 1. The relationship between political science and constitutional law 2 2. The relationship between politics and constitutional law 3 3 Constitutional implications of 2024 US Presidential, House and Senate Elections 4 4. Constitutional implications of Donald Trump's executive orders and decrees which have been issued during his second presidential term 5 5. Constitutional implications of recent appointments to the US Supreme Court 6 6. Constitutional implications of 2024 House of Commons Elections 7 7. Constitutional implications of post-Brexit British national policy 8 8. Mid-term exam 9 9. Constitutional implications of 2022 and 2024 French National Assembly Elections 10 10. Constitutional implications of political developments which have been occured during Emmanuel Macron's second term of presidecny 11 11. Constitutional implications of 2025 German Bundestag Elections 12 12. Constitutional implications of the recent Bundestag composition and the German Federal Government programme 13 13. Constitutional implications of the 2023 Dutch Second Chamber Elections 14 14. Constitutional implications of Dick Schoof Cabinet

Recomended or Required Reading

Türker Ertaş, Kuvvetler Ayrılığı Ilkesi Bağlamında Yasama, Yürütme ve Yargı Organları Arasındaki Modern Ilişkiler, 5. Bası, Seçkin Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2025. Aalt Willem Heringa, Constitutions Compared: An Introduction to Comparative Constitutional Law, 7th Edition, Eleven Publishing, Den Haag, 2023.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To be announced

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 * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + 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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 3 13 39 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 2 13 26 Preparing presentations 1 25 25 Preparation for midterm exam 1 26 26 Preparation for final exam 1 30 30 Midterm 1 2 2 Midterm 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 PO.15 LO.1 1 1 1 1 LO.2 1 1 1 1 LO.3 1 1 1 1 LO.4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1