Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
8HUK 412Inheritance Law II2+0+02302.11.2026
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
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 It is to transfer the fate of legal relations arising after the death of a natural person and private legal relations conducive to the revenge of the inheritance theoretically and practically at the undergraduate level within the framework of legal legislation and judicial decisions.
Course Content Death-related savings in financial terms, criticism case, order of criticism, criticism of inter-right earnings, equalization, inheritance license, inheritance acquisition, rejection and bookkeeping, inheritance-related rations case, inheritance partnership, heirs ` liability, inheritance allocation and invalidation of death-related savings.
Course Methods and Techniques Practices related to narration, legislative review, inheritance distribution, and reduction calculations, case study resolution, and decision analysis.
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Prof.Dr. Murat ORUÇ
Assistants Research Assist. Betül KORKMAZ
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Fikret Eren/İpek Yücer Aktürk; Türk Miras Hukuku, 6.Baskı, Legem Yayıncılık, 2024.
Murat Aydoğdu/Serdar Nart; Medeni Hukuk Dersleri Temel Bilgiler, Volkan Kİtabevi,2026.
Mustafa Dural/M. Turgut Öz; Türk Özel Hukuku Cilt IV Miras Hukuku, 21. Baskı, Filiz Kitabevi, 2025.
Zahit İmre/Hasan Erman, Miras Hukuku, 18. Baskı, Der Yayınları,2026
Course Notes Provisions of the Turkish Civil Code regarding the transfer, acquisition, renunciation, distribution of inheritance, and co-ownership of inheritance, as well as the provisions of other relevant legislation, proposed books, practical study examples, and 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 14 4 56
Mid-terms 1 3 3
Final examination 1 3 3
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 3 90

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 It identifies and analyzes complex legal issues and disputes that arise in the field of inheritance law.
2 Applies the fundamental principles, legal rules, and judicial precedents that govern inheritance law to concrete cases to provide solutions.
3 It evaluates scientific studies in the field of inheritance law, doctrinal debates, and supreme court decisions from a critical perspective.
4 Develops unique solution proposals by taking into account the legal procedures regarding inheritance division and partnership dissolution processes.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Financially Related Death-Related Savings
2 Principles and Types of Financially Based Death-Related Savings
3 Interpretation and Limits of Testamentary Savings
4 Conditions for an Indemnity Action, Indemnity Defense, and Sequential Principles in Indemnity Actions
5 Cancellation of Intervivos Acquisitions and Rules of Equivalence in Inheritance
6 Inheritance Capacity, Protective Measures, and Certificate of Inheritance (Certificate of Succession)
7 Principles of Inheritance Acquisition and Principles of Direct Succession, Renunciation of Inheritance
8 Mid Term
9 Request for Bookkeeping and Acceptance/Liquidation of the Inheritance According to the Official Register
10 The Claim of Inheritance Right and Its Legal Consequences
11 The Structure of Inheritance Partnership and the Joint Liability of Heirs
12 Management and Termination of Joint Ownership (Participation) Property
13 Methods and Cases for Inheritance Division (Taksim)
14 Disability Cases and Annulment Actions in Testamentary Savings Plans
15 Self-Termination and Termination of Testamentary Savings upon Death

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

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