COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CIVIL LAW

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
HUK 1013 CIVIL LAW COMPULSORY 4 0 0 8

Offered By

Law

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR MEHMET BEŞIR ACABEY

Offered to

Law

Course Objective

The course of Civil Law aims at studying in detail the general principles of law, basic rules of law, rules regulating the acquisition of personality and termination of personality in natural persons and legal entities, possession of rights and legal capacity, protection of personality, name and ways to protect the name, residential area and kinship relationships of natural persons, legal relationships between the individuals constituting the family which is the foundation of the society under the major topics of Preliminary Provisions, Law of Persons and Family Law.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to explain the concept of Civil Law
2   Ability to associate the Preliminary Provisions and the general principles of law with the legal disputes/problems in the other branches of law
3   Ability to apply the law to the subjects included in the course of Civil Law
4   Ability to decide accurately what legal rule(s) to be applied in the issues to which rules of Civil Law are to be applied
5   Ability to apply any legal regulations in Civil Law to an event in the other branches of law as well as in Civil Law
6   Ability to identify any problems arising in practice due to the legislation in Civil Law
7   Ability to produce remedial suggestions for the problems arising in practice due to the deficiencies of the rules of Civil Law, considering the opinions in doctrine as well

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction; provision of general information on the object and contents of the course and materials related with the course
2 Introduction to Law; Definition of Right, Law and Civil Law, Sanction, Branches of Law, Legal Rules (Qualifications and Types of Legal Rules, Its Relation with and Differences from the Rules of Religion, Ethics, Manners and Customs). General Information on Civil Law (Subject, System, Resources of Civil Law, Former Civil Law).
3 Basic concepts of Civil Law: Concepts and types of Right, Acquisition of Rights; Legal Event, Legal Relationship, Legal Transactions and types thereof, Invalidity of Legal Transactions (Non-Existence, Absolute Nullity, Annulability, Incompleteness, Relative Nullity, Partial Nullity), Types of acquisition of rights,
4 Preliminary Provisions of Civil Code: Application of Civil Law (Application in Terms of Time and in Terms of Sense); Interpretation, Completion of the Code, Gap in Law and Filling the Gaps in Law, Discretion of Judge
5 Good Faith and prohibition on Exploitation of a Right. Goodwill Principle and Role of Goodwill (especially in the Acquisition of Rights)
6 Solution of an Event I
7 Burden of Proof, Proof through Official Register and Deeds
8 Concepts of Person and Personality; Natural Persons, Beginning of Natural Personality, Termination Thereof
9 Residential Area and Kinship. Personal Status and Personal Status Register
10 Right and Legal Capacity-Personal Rights and protection of Personality
11 Solution of an Event II
12 Legal Entities Concept, Types, Establishment, Capacities and Termination Thereof
13 Concept of Family and Principles Valid in Family Law General Information on the Formation of Conjugal Union. Engagement and Termination Thereof
14 QUIZ-Mid-term exam I
15 QUIZ-Mid-term exam I
16 Concept of Marriage and Legal Nature Thereof. General Provisions of Marriage (Rights and Obligations of Spouses). Solution of an Event III
17 Protection of Conjugal Union and Family as per the provisions of the Turkish Civil Code. Protection of Conjugal Union and Family as per the Provisions of the Act on Protection of Family and Other Legislation (International Conventions on Human Rights, etc.)
18 Termination of Conjugal Union: Death, Disappearance, Nullity of Marriage.
19 Termination of Conjugal Union: Divorce
20 VI. Solution of an Event
21 Value Increase Interest Claim in Participation in Acquired Properties Regime and Equalization Claim and Calculation Thereof Termination and Dissolution of Participation in Acquired Properties
22 Value Increase Interest Claim in Participation in Acquired Properties Regime and Equalization Claim
23 Mid-term exam II
24 Mid-term exam II
25 Calculation There of Termination and Dissolution of Participation in Acquired Properties
26 V. Solution of an Event
27 Optional Property Regimes (Separation of Property, Sharings, Separation of Property and Community of Property)
28 Information on Kinship (Affinity, Adoption, etc.). Kinship and Provisions Thereof (creation of affinity, consequences thereof; alimony, household order, family properties, etc.)
29 VI. Solution of an Event II

Recomended or Required Reading

1. AKINTÜRK, Turgut: Türk Medeni Hukuku, C.II, Aile Hukuku, 12. Bası, Istanbul 2016.
2. AKIPEK, Jale G./AKINTÜRK, Turgut: Türk Medenî Hukuku, C.I, Başlangıç Hükümleri- Kişiler Hukuku, Istanbul 2011.
3. AKYOL, Şener, Medeni Hukuka Giriş, Istanbul 2006.
4. DURAL, Mustafa/ÖĞÜZ, Tufan/GÜMÜŞ, Alper: Türk Özel Hukuku, C. III, Aile Hukuku, 4. Bası, Istanbul 2016.
5. DURAL, Mustafa/ÖĞÜZ, Tufan: Türk Özel Hukuku, C. II, Kişiler Hukuku, Istanbul 2016.
6. DURAL, Mustafa/SARI, Suat: Türk Özel Hukuku, C. I, Temel Kavramlar ve Medeni Kanunun Başlangıç Hükümleri, Istanbul 2016.
7. EDIS, Seyfullah: Medenî Hukuka Giriş ve Başlangıç Hükümleri, Ankara 1997.
8. HATEMI, Hüseyin: Medeni Hukuk Giriş, Istanbul, 2013.
9. HATEMI, Hüseyin/KALKAN OĞUZTÜRK, Burcu: Kişiler Hukuku, Istanbul 2014.
10. OĞUZMAN, M. Kemal/BARLAS, Nami: Medeni Hukuk, Giriş - Kaynaklar - Temel Kavramlar, Istanbul 2016.
11. OĞUZMAN, M. Kemal/SELIÇI, Özer/ÖZDEMIR Saibe Oktay: Kişiler Hukuku (Gerçek ve Tüzel Kişiler), Istanbul 2016.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

In the course of Civil Law, the subjects are explained in the light of examples from the practice and especially decrees made by the Supreme Court and the Federal Courts and lectures are given in the form of case analyses.

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 MTE 1 * 0.50 +MTE 2 * 0.50
4 MTE 3 MIDTERM EXAM 3
5 FIN FINAL EXAM
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 3 + FIN
7 RST RESIT
8 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 3 +RST


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

besir.acabey@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture 25 4 100
Preparations before and after the lecture 25 2 50
Preparation for mid-term exam 2 15 30
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Mid-term 2 1 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 204

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