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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / TAR336 - HISTORY

Code: TAR336 Course Title: OTTOMAN LAWS AND LEGISLATIONS Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department HISTORY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer ALMILA GÖKÇE ÖZCAN (almila.ozcan@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To study Ottoman law and Kanunnames

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can give information about Ottman law system PO-1 To have the ability to conceptualize the events and facts related to the field of history such as Prehistory, Ancient History, Medieval Era, New Age, Modern Age, and the Era we are in with the help of the scientific methods and techniques and define these concepts.
PO-2 Discover, assess, analyze, and evaluate the correctness, reliability, and validity of historical data.
PO-3 Define the historical problems, evaluate with a critical approach, analyze with theoretical and applied knowledge.
PO-4 Use the interdisciplinary approach at learning process.
PO-5 By having national and universal values, connect national culture to international culture and civilizations, protect the national heritage.
PO-6 By comprehending the developmental features of the societies and their differences, relate their history to their current situation.
Examination
LO-2 Can give information about Ottman Code of Law PO-1 To have the ability to conceptualize the events and facts related to the field of history such as Prehistory, Ancient History, Medieval Era, New Age, Modern Age, and the Era we are in with the help of the scientific methods and techniques and define these concepts.
PO-2 Discover, assess, analyze, and evaluate the correctness, reliability, and validity of historical data.
PO-3 Define the historical problems, evaluate with a critical approach, analyze with theoretical and applied knowledge.
PO-4 Use the interdisciplinary approach at learning process.
Examination
LO-3 Can explain Ottman code of law PO-1 To have the ability to conceptualize the events and facts related to the field of history such as Prehistory, Ancient History, Medieval Era, New Age, Modern Age, and the Era we are in with the help of the scientific methods and techniques and define these concepts.
PO-2 Discover, assess, analyze, and evaluate the correctness, reliability, and validity of historical data.
PO-3 Define the historical problems, evaluate with a critical approach, analyze with theoretical and applied knowledge.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Ottoman law and Kanunnames
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 The concept of Law Lecture Question and answer technique
2 The concept of Legisleture Lecture Question and answer technique
3 Law in the Ottoman Empire Lecture Question and answer technique
4 Law in the Ottoman Empire Lecture Question and answer technique
5 Pre-Ottoman Legisleture tradition Lecture Question and answer technique
6 Ottoman Legislatures Lecture Question and answer technique
7 Legislature types Lecture Question and answer technique
8 mid-term exam
9 Province and Sanjak laws Lecture Question and answer technique
10 Example texts beginning from the first legislatures. Lecture Question and answer technique
11 Example legislatures Lecture Question and answer technique
12 Comparison between the legislatures Lecture Question and answer technique
13 Ferman and Ferman Laws Lecture Question and answer technique
14 Draft books and legislature texts Lecture Question and answer technique
15 To examplify the development on the legislature texts Lecture Question and answer technique
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Osmanlı Kanunnameleri ve Hukuki Tahlilleri/ Osmanlı Hukukuna Giriş ve Fatih Devri, A.Akgündüz, OSAV, İstanbul 1990
2 Mehmet Akif Aydın, Osmanlı Hukuku Devlet-i Aliyyenin Temeli, İSAM, İstanbul 2021
3 Ekrem Buğra Ekinci, Osmanlı Hukuku, Arı Sanat Yayınevi, 2017
Required Course instruments and materials
text book

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 14 14
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 1 5 5
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 2 7 14
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 91