Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
1MBH149Turkish legal history2+0+02323.10.2026
Course Details
Language of Instruction Turkish
Level of Course Unit Associate Degree
Department / Program Court Office Services
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course The aim of the course is not merely to train legal professionals as technicians familiar with positive law, but to enable them to become legal engineers capable of critically evaluating the shortcomings of the legal rules they apply. Positive law may eventually become inadequate in meeting the changing needs of society. Accordingly, this course aims to provide students with a profound legal culture that will enable them to update inadequate legal rules, contribute to the development of law, and understand the fundamental ideas underlying the historical foundations of legal culture.
Course Content Gaining knowledge about the importance and periods of Turkish legal history through the examination of these subjects

? Being able to evaluate Turkish law before the adoption of Islam

? Being able to evaluate Turkish law after the adoption of Islam

? Gaining knowledge about the development of Turkish law before the Tanzimat period

? Being able to evaluate the development of Turkish law and the transition to the modern legal system
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Instructor MELİHA TOPRAKÇI
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Türk Hukuk Tarihi, M. Akif AYDIN, Beta Yayıncılık, 21.Baskı, 2026

Course Category
Social Sciences %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 23 2 46
Mid-terms 1 1 1
Final examination 1 1 1
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 2,5 76

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Explains the importance of Turkish Legal History and identifies its sources.
2 Identifies the sources of Turkish law before the adoption of Islam and explains the public and private law of pre-Islamic Turkish states.
3 Explains the fundamental sources and schools of Islamic law.
4 Understands Islamic Public Law.
5 Understands Islamic Private Law.
6 Understands Ottoman Public Law and its organization up to the Tanzimat period.
7 Examines the development of Turkish law after the Tanzimat period

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 General Explanations, Historical Awareness, and General Legal Systems Preliminary Readings on the Topics
2 Pre-Islamic Turkish Law (The Hunnic, Göktürk, and Uyghur States and Their Legal Systems) Preliminary Readings on the Topics
3 Sources of Islamic Law, Schools of Law, the Caliph, and Taxes Preliminary Readings on the Topics
4 Islamic Criminal Law (Qisas, Diyah, Hadd, and Ta ` zir Punishments), Islamic Judicial Organization Preliminary Readings on the Topics
5 Islamic Private Law Preliminary Readings on the Topics
6 Islamic Law of Inheritance Preliminary Readings on the Topics
7 Waqf in Islamic Law, Property in Islamic Law Preliminary Readings on the Topics
8 ARA SINAV HAFTASI (VİZE)
9 Sources of Ottoman Law Preliminary Readings on the Topics
10 Central Organization of the Ottoman Empire Preliminary Readings on the Topics
11 Ottoman Central Organization (Kazasker, Defterdar, Military Organization, Beylerbeyi), Imperial Council (Divan-ı Hümayun) Preliminary Readings on the Topics
12 Ottoman Land System, Provincial Administrative Organization Preliminary Readings on the Topics
13 Ottoman Law during the Tanzimat Period Preliminary Readings on the Topics
14 Ottoman Law after the Tanzimat Period Preliminary Readings on the Topics
15 General Evaluation of Ottoman Law Preliminary Readings on the Topics

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7
C1 4 5 4
C2 5
C3 4
C4 4 3 4 5
C5 4
C6 5 4
C7 4 5

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