Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
1HUK 103CIVIL LAW I4+0+04502.11.2026
Course Details
Language of Instruction Turkish
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Law
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course To ensure that students have a theoretical and practical background in the field of personal law (real and legal persons) with its resources, basic concepts, sub-branches of civil law; to gain the ability to analyze legal problems.
Course Content Basic principles of civil law, initial provisions, the concept of a comparative person under the law of persons, natural and legal persons (associations, foundations), license of rights and deeds, right and protection of personality, name, kinship, place of residence and personal status registry.
Course Methods and Techniques The course is conducted through lectures, Q&A sessions, and the analysis of case studies. The relevant provisions of the Turkish Civil Code are read and interpreted in class. Students examine case studies on topics such as the role of good faith in the acquisition of rights, the impact of legal capacity on legal transactions, and the protection of personality rights. For each case, they identify the legal issue, select the applicable provision, and justify the conclusion they reach.
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Prof.Dr. Murat AYDOĞDU https://hukuk.hku.edu.tr/akademik-personel/#ozel-hukuk
Assistants Research Assist. Cahit Baybars Kayhan https://hukuk.hku.edu.tr/akademik-personel/#kamu-hukuku
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Aydoğdu, Murat/ Nart, Serdar; Temel Medeni Hukuk Bilgisi, 1. baskı, Volkan Kitabevi , 2026.
Prof. Dr. Serap Helvacı & Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gediz Kocabaş - Civil Law Practical Exercises 2024
Prof. Dr. M. Kemal Oğuzman, Prof. Dr. Aydın Aybay, and Prof. Dr. Suat Sarı - Practical Exercises in Civil Law 2023
Prof. Dr. Aydın Zevkliler, Prof. Dr. Ayşe Havutçu, et al. - Practical Exercises in Civil Law 2019
Prof. Dr. Ahmet M. Kılıçoğlu & Prof. Dr. Kumru Kılıçoğlu Yılmaz - Practical Exercises in Civil Law (Introductory Provisions, Personal and Family Law) 2024
Prof. Dr. Turgut Akıntürk & Prof. Dr. Derya Ateş - Practical Exercises in Civil Law 2020
Course Notes Lecture notes are covered alongside the introductory provisions of the Turkish Civil Code and the provisions relating to the law of persons. As part of the introduction to civil law, the course covers the sources of law, the interpretation of the law, the acquisition, exercise, and protection of rights, the principle of good faith, and good faith. The lecture notes on the law of persons cover the beginning and end of legal personality, legal capacity and capacity to act, the protection of personality rights, name, kinship, place of residence, the personal status registry, as well as associations and foundations.

Course Category
Social Sciences %100
Field %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 40
Final examination 1 % 60
Total
2
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 4 56
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 4 56
Mid-terms 1 2 2
Final examination 1 2 2
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 4 116

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 It systematically defines and explains the fundamental concepts, sources, and sub-branches of civil law.
2 It applies the initial provisions of the Turkish Civil Code (the first 7 articles) and the principles of good faith to concrete legal disputes.
3 It analyzes the legal capacity of natural and legal persons, their personal rights, methods of protection, and the legal consequences attached to being a person.
4 It defines and explains legal capacity, capacity to act, and the conditions for capacity to act.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Legal Systems, Codification Movements, and Introduction to Civil Law
2 Sources of Civil Law, Methods of Interpretation, Legal Void, and the Judge ` s Discretionary Authority
3 The Concept of Rights, Definition, Distinction Between Public and Private Rights, Absolute and Relative Rights
4 The Concept of Rights Holder, Ways of Acquiring and Losing Rights, the Principle of Subjective Good Faith
5 Exercise of Rights, Objective Integrity Rule, Abuse of Rights, and Protection.
6 Introduction to the Law of Persons, The Concept of Legal Personality, The Beginning and End of Personality (Death, Presumed Death)
7 Concepts of Legal Capacity and Capacity to Act, Conditions of Capacity to Act (Capacity to Discriminate, Adulthood)
8 Midterm
9 Classification of Persons in Terms of Verb License (Full Licenses, Limited Licenses, etc.)
10 Right to Personality, Scope, Privacy of Private Life
11 Methods of Protecting the Right to Personality: Lawsuits Against Attacks
12 Names of Persons (Acquisition, Change, Protection) and Kinship Relations (Blood and Consanguinity)
13 Place of Residence (Residence) Principles and Personal Status Records
14 Associations, Formation of an Association, Operation of an Association, Dissolution of an Association
15 Endowments, Types of Endowments, Establishment of an Endowment, Termination of an Endowment

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10
All 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 3 3 3
C1 4 4 4 3 2 3 2 4 3 3
C2 5 4 5 4 5 5 2 3 3 3
C3 4 5 5 5 3 5 3 4 4 3
C4

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant