COURSE UNIT TITLE

: OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON OF THE TURKISH PENAL CODE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMH 5051 OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON OF THE TURKISH PENAL CODE ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Public Law

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SESIM SOYER GÜLEÇ

Offered to

Public Law

Course Objective

Aim of the course is to examine throughly the crimes regulated under the title "Crimes Against Persons" which constitutes the second chapter of the Turkish Penal Code.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   General evaluation of "Crimes against Persons" chapter of the Turkish Penal Code
2   Be able to discuss various elements of the crimes against persons
3   Be able to comment about crime types
4   Be able to learn and discuss penalties prescribed for crimes against persons
5   Be able to learn aggrieved and decreased forms of crimes
6   Be able to evaluate High Court case law and desicions of the European Court of HUman Rights

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General evaluation of "Crimes against Persons" chapter of the Turkish Penal Code.
2 Voluntary manslaughter (Felonious Homicide) and Qualified form of felonious homicide
3 Felonious homicide due to failure to act
4 Inducement to Suicide and its differences from similar crimes
5 Negligent homicide and the concept of "negligence"
6 Felonious injury , qualified form, and Consequential Heavy Injury
7 Negligent injury
8 Use of human for experimental purposes
9 Trading of organs and tissues
10 Torture and Torment
11 Breach of Protection, Observation, Assistance and Notification Liability
12 Causing Abortion, Abortion and Sterilization

Recomended or Required Reading

ÖZBEK Veli Özer/DOĞAN Koray/BACAKSIZ Pınar/TEPE Ilker, Türk Ceza Hukuku Özel Hükümler, Ankara, 2017.
TEZCAN Durmuş/ERDEM M. Ruhan/ÖNOK R. Murat, Teorik ve Pratik Ceza Özel Hukuku, Ankara, 2017.
KOCA Mahmut/ÜZÜLMEZ Ilhan, Türk Ceza Hukuku Özel Hükümler, Ankara 2016.
SOYASLAN Doğan, Ceza Özel Hukuku, Ankara 2012.
TOROSLU Nevzat, Ceza Hukuku, Özel Kısım, Ankara 2005.
CENTEL Nur/ZAFER Hamide/ÇAKMUT Özlem, Kişilere Karşı Suçlar, Ankara 2016.


Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Seminar, lecture, case law evaluation, discussion

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 * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

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)

sesimsoyer@deu.edu.tr
sesimsoyer@yahoo.com

Office Hours

Thursday 13.00-14.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Case study 12 2 24
Group session 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 30 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 164

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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