COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Law

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ŞAFAK EVRAN TOPUZKANAMIŞ

Offered to

Law

Course Objective

Introducing fundamental concepts, institutions and principles of Turkish constitutional law.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1. Ozbudun Ergun, Democratization and the Politics of Constitution-making in Turkey, Central European University Press, 2009.
2. Ozbudun Ergun, The Constitutional System of Turkey, Palgrave Macmillan, September 2011.
3. Constitution of Turkish Republic: http://global.tbmm.gov.tr/docs/constitution_en.pdf

Supplementary Book(s):
Aybay Rona, An Introduction to Law, Alfa, 2013.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Preparing presentations, review of the judicial decisions, practical work, etc.

Assessment Methods

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

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

safakevran@yahoo.com

Office Hours

Monday, 13:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes