Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
3MBH251Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law3+0+03522.10.2026
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 Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course The aim of the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law course is to teach the legal rules that enable creditors to enforce their rights against debtors who fail to fulfil their obligations through the compulsory enforcement authorities of the state. Within this scope, the course aims to enable students to learn the fundamental concepts, principles, and sources of enforcement and bankruptcy law; understand enforcement proceedings with and without a judgment; comprehend and apply enforcement procedures concerning the debtor’s assets, such as attachment, bankruptcy, and concordat; interpret the formal and procedural characteristics, time limits, and procedures of enforcement law; analyze enforcement and bankruptcy proceedings encountered in practice within their legal framework; and evaluate compulsory enforcement mechanisms within the framework of the balance between creditors and debtors and the principle of a fair trial.
Course Content The course covers the sources of enforcement law, the enforcement organization, complaints, enforcement fees and expenses, parties to enforcement proceedings, enforcement without a judgment, general attachment proceedings, commencement of enforcement proceedings, requests for enforcement, payment orders and their finalization, objections to payment orders, actions for the annulment of objections and removal of objections, the attachment stage, realization of assets, distribution of proceeds, enforcement through attachment specific to negotiable instruments, eviction from leased immovable property, enforcement based on a judgment, enforcement through the realization of pledged assets, and provisional attachment. These topics are followed by bankruptcy law, concordat, restructuring of capital companies and cooperatives through reconciliation, avoidance actions, and the general principles of enforcement offences.
Course Methods and Techniques Teaching methods include lectures, question-and-answer sessions, discussions, practical exercises, and design techniques.
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Instructor MERVE POLAT
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Pekcan-Atalay-Özekes, İcra İflas Hukuku Temel Bilgiler, On İki Levha Yayıncılık, 2021.


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 3 42
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 7 98
Mid-terms 1 1 1
Final examination 1 1 1
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 4,5 142

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Students will be able to explain the fundamental concepts, principles, and sources of Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law.
2 Students will be able to distinguish between enforcement proceedings with and without a judgment and evaluate the relevant procedures.
3 Students will be able to analyze enforcement procedures against the debtor’s assets, such as attachment, bankruptcy, and concordat.
4 Students will be able to understand the importance of time limits and procedural acts in enforcement law and interpret them in practice.
5 Students will be able to explain the jurisdiction and duties of enforcement authorities.
6 Students will be able to develop solutions to disputes arising from Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law.
7 Students will develop legal reasoning skills by applying their knowledge to case studies and judicial decisions.
8 Students will be able to consider the balance of interests between creditors and debtors and the principle of a fair trial.
9 Students will be able to understand the practical importance of Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law and apply their knowledge in professional practice.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 General Information on Enforcement Law and the Enforcement Organization Students should read the relevant section of the handbook and research the relevant topic online.
2 Complaints, Enforcement Fees and Expenses, Service of Process, Time Limits, Judicial Recess and Suspension of Proceedings, Parties to Enforcement Proceedings, and Changing the Method of Enforcement Students should read the relevant section of the handbook and research the relevant topic online.
3 General Attachment Proceedings, Request for Enforcement, Payment Order, Objection, Action for Annulment of Objection, Final and Provisional Removal of Objection, Actions for Negative Declaratory Relief and Restitution, Cancellation and Suspension of Enforcement Proceedings, and Declaration of Assets Students should read the relevant section of the handbook and research the relevant topic online.
4 Types of Attachment and Exemption from Attachment Students should read the relevant section of the handbook and research the relevant topic online.
5 Participation in Attachment, Payment by Installments, and Sale of Movable and Immovable Property Students should read the relevant section of the handbook and research the relevant topic online.
6 Annulment of the Auction and Distribution of Proceeds Students should read the relevant section of the handbook and research the relevant topic online.
7 Enforcement by Attachment Specific to Negotiable Instruments Students should read the relevant section of the handbook and research the relevant topic online.
8 ARA SINAV HAFTASI (VİZE)
9 Enforcement Based on a Judgment Students should read the relevant section of the handbook and research the relevant topic online.
10 Students should read the relevant section of the handbook and research the relevant topic online. Students should read the relevant section of the handbook and research the relevant topic online.
11 Eviction from Leased Property without a Judgment Students should read the relevant section of the handbook and research the relevant topic online.
12 Enforcement through Bankruptcy Proceedings Students should read the relevant section of the handbook and research the relevant topic online.
13 Enforcement through the Realization of Pledged Assets Students should read the relevant section of the handbook and research the relevant topic online.
14 Concordat Students should read the relevant section of the handbook and research the relevant topic online.
15 Penal Provisions in Enforcement Proceedings Students should read the relevant section of the handbook and research the relevant topic online.

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7
C1 4
C2 4 4
C3 3
C4 4
C5 4
C6 3 5
C7 5
C8 4
C9 4

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