Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
3HUK 227Property Regimes Law I2+0+02202.11.2026
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 Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course To teach the legal rules governing the property relations between spouses, the types of property regime under the Turkish Civil Code, in particular the principles of ownership and management of the regime of participation in acquired goods, which is the legal property regime, the Decoupling of property groups and the validity conditions of property regime contracts.
Course Content The concept of the goods regime and its historical development, the principles that dominate the goods regime, the extraordinary goods regime, the concept of the goods regime contract and the driving license, the general principles of the Regime of Participation in Acquired Goods, which is the legal goods regime, the separation of acquired goods and personal goods, the powers of management, savings and responsibility of spouses during the goods regime.
Course Methods and Techniques Exposition, Q&A, review of legislation, concept mapping, case study analysis, and discussion of judicial decisions.
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Asist Prof.Dr. Ahmet Murat ARPACI
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Prof. Dr. Mustafa Dural,Prof. Dr. M. Tufan Öğüz,Prof. Dr. Mustafa Alper Gümüş; Türk Özel Hukuku Cilt III (Aile Hukuku), 20.Baskı, Filiz Kitabevi, 2025.
Course Notes Provisions of the Turkish Civil Code concerning matrimonial property regimes; fundamental principles of statutory and elective property regimes, categories of property, and legislation regarding the rights of spouses over their assets, as well as textbooks recommended by the instructor and illustrative judicial decisions.

Course Category
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 2 28
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 15 2 30
Mid-terms 1 2 2
Final examination 1 2 2
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 2 62

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Bilgi 
1 Can explain the general principles of property regimes law and the terms of property regime agreements.
Beceri 
2 The spouses can distinguish their assets into acquired property and personal property.
Yetkinlik 
3 It can analyze spouses ` management, financial management, and liability for debts powers through disputes.
4 It can evaluate the moment of termination of the property regime and the preparation processes for liquidation according to legal rules.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Course introduction, resource recommendations, and an introduction to property regime law; the concept and principles of property regime.
2 Historical development of Turkish property regimes law; the old MK of 1926 and the new TMK of 2002 regimes.
3 Property Regime Agreement: Concept, legal nature, capacity to contract, and formal requirements.
4 Extraordinary Property Regime: Reasons for returning to separate property, justifiable grounds, and court decision.
5 Legal Property Regime: General Characteristics and Scope of Application of the Acquired Property Participation Regime
6 Separation of Property Groups I: The Concept of Acquired Property, Its Scope, and Legal Presumptions
7 Separation of Property Groups II: Statutory Personal Property and Voluntary (Contractual) Personal Property
8 Mid Term
9 Spouses ` rights and powers regarding property: Management, enjoyment, and presumptions of ownership.
10 Spouses ` authority to dispose of their property and the limits of disposition over property subject to joint ownership.
11 The regime of spouses ` liability for debts owed to third parties and the rules of proof.
12 Optional Property Regimes I: Property Separation and Shared Property Separation Regimes: Property and Management Principles
13 Optional Property Regimes II: Partnership in Property Regime; General Partnership, Limited Partnership, and Management of Partnership Property
14 The place of family residences and household goods in property regimes law and the mechanisms for their protection.
15 The moment of termination of the property regime upon death, divorce, or court decision, and the rules for preparing for the subsequent phase of liquidation.

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10
All 5 5 5 4 3 4 3 5 4 3
In1 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 4 3 4
Sk2 5 4 4 4 4 5 2 4 4 3
Co3 5 5 5 4 3 4 2 5 4 3
Co4 4 5 5 4 3 4 3 5 3 3

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