COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO TURKISH LAW AND TURKISH LAW TERMINOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 1000 INTRODUCTION TO TURKISH LAW AND TURKISH LAW TERMINOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Law

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MUSTAFA ALP

Offered to

Law

Course Objective

To enable foreign law students become competent about fundamental terms of Turkish law and Turkish law terminology

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To Learn Basic Public Law knowledge
2   To Learn Basic Private Law knowledge
3   To Comprehend Basic knowledge of Judicial Organization
4   To Comprehend Public Law Terminology
5   To Comprehend Private Law Terminology
6   To Learn Labour Law Terminology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Development of Turkish Law
2 Turkish Constitutional Law, fundamental principles of the state
3 Fundamental Rights, legislation and executive power
4 Administration, Judiciary and Judicial Organization
5 Citizenship Law, Legal status of foreigners and international principles of private law
6 Fundamental principles of private law
7 Law of persons
8 Family Law
9 Law of property and heritance
10 Law of obligations General provisions
11 Law of obligations Special provisions
12 Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Einführung in das türkische Recht, Christian Rumpf, München, 2004
Supplementary Book(s): Recht und Wirtschaft in der Türkei, Christian Rumpf, 2. Auflage, Stuttgart, 2009
References:
Materials:

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, active participation, comparative study with German Law

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The student is expected to enter one mid-exam and one closing examination (the `final exam ) from each lecture. In case of failure to achieve the required minimum grade, the student is offered the chance to enter one further exam, named as the `make-up exam'.
The passing grade is sixty out-of one-hundred. In other words, a student is expected to achieve a minimum average mark of sixty.
For the calculation of passing grade, the note of mid-term exam is taken. With the help of this note, the contribution points, which are previously determined by the faculty management, are calculated. Then students take a final examination. To pass a course, student must achieve a total score of 60. This total score is the sum of final exam s grade and the contribution points from the midterm exam. But to pass a course, student must become at least 50 points from the final exam. These rules are applied for the make-up exams too.
If the note of a student from a lecture at the end of the mid-term exam attains 80 (out of a full one-hundred) he/she is exempted from the final examination for that lecture. The student is deemed to have passed that course.
Contribution points mentioned below are added to exemption note, if there is not exemption from final examination, added to final or make-up examination note and this final note is regarded as achievement note.

Contribution Points
100-95 15
94-90 14
89-85 13
84-80 12
79-75 11
74-70 10
69-65 8
64-60 6
59-55 4
54-50 2
49-40 0
39-35 -2
34-30 -3
29-25 -4
24-20 -5
19-10 -6
9-0 -8
The number determined by contribution point can not exceed one hundred. Minus ''-'' contribution points are scaled down from final or make-up examination note.
The examinations are written exams in general. But professors can independently choose the style of examinations. The number of questions varies from lecture to lecture and according to being a mid-term exam or the final exam.

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mustafa.alp@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 14.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 36 36
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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