TAE739 - HISTORY of MEDIEVAL TURKISH LAW
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HISTORY of MEDIEVAL TURKISH LAW | TAE739 | 3rd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Other | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Professor Evgenia Kermeli Ãœnal | |||||
| Course objective | This course aims to introduce the students to the development of terms and norms of medieval Turkish law; discuss the evolution of state institutions and of the administration of justice; analyze the social-political influences on the evolution of medieval Turkish law; and the legal tools permitting this evolution to materialize. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Oral and written sources of medieval Turkish law Backgrounds of the Central Asian Turkish legal system: Tore, yasa and custom The formation phases of Islamic Law, which forms the infrastructure of the Medieval Turkish Legal system. The influence of islam on medieval Turkish law The dichotomy between sharia and custom in the Seljuk state Ottoman law of the classical period Kanun, berat, firman, adaletname, fetva and sicil examples | |||||
| References | Akgündüz, A. (1992-1998). Osmanlı Kanunnameleri. İstanbul: Fey Yayınları. Mumcu, A., Üçok, C., Bozkurt, G. (2007). Türk Hukuk Tarihi. Ankara: Turhan Kitabevi. Cin, H., Akyılmaz, G. (2011). Türk Hukuk Tarihi (4. bs.). Osmanlı Araştırmaları Vakfı. Aydın, M. A. (2012). Türk Hukuk Tarihi (9. bs.). Beta Yayınları. Hassan, Ü. (2001). Osmanlı: Örgüt-İnanç-Davranış'tan Hukuk-İdeoloji'ye. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları. Johansen, B. (1999). Contingency in a sacred law: legal and ethical norms in the Muslim Fiqh. Brill. Ansay, S. Ş. (2002). Hukuk tarihinde İslam hukuku. Ankara. Agnides N. (2001). İslam hukukuna giriş. İstanbul. Cici H. (2001). Osmanlı dönemi İslam hukuku çalışmaları. Bursa. Aydın M.A. (1996). İslam ve Osmanlı hukuku araştırmaları. İstanbul. Calder, N. 'shari'a', Encyclopedia of Islam, 2nd edition. Schacht, J. 'fikh', Encyclopedia of Islam, 2nd edition. Y.Linant de Bellefonds, 'kanun', Encyclopedia of Islam, 2nd edition. Hallaq, W. B. (2010). The origins and evolution of Islamic law. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Imber, C. (2022). Ebu's-su'ud. Edinburgh University Press | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | The importance of Medieval Turkish History of Law its development and periodization |
| Week 2 | Turkish law before Islam: the meaning of the terms,Tore, Il, Kut |
| Week 3 | Turkish Law after the islamization of the Turks |
| Week 4 | The features and sources of Islamic Law |
| Week 5 | Islamic Law methodology: Fiqh and Furu` |
| Week 6 | The development of madhabs in Islamic Law |
| Week 7 | Midterm Exam |
| Week 8 | The duties of muftis and kadis: Early ottoman period and Islamic Law |
| Week 9 | The central bureaucratic structure of the Ottoman State (sultan, grand vizier, seyhulislam, kadiasker, beylerbey ), the Imperial Council and the provincial ottoman administration |
| Week 10 | The Law of persons in Islamic Law (legal personality, slavery, non-Muslims) |
| Week 11 | Islamic Family law (engagement, marriage, divorce, inheritence) |
| Week 12 | Islamic Penal law (Hadd, talio, blood money, tazir punishments) |
| Week 13 | Ottoman land system |
| Week 14 | Customary practices in state, land and civic law, sharia law and the state |
| Week 15 | The state structure in Islamic law and its function, jurisprudence and law |
| Week 16 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 14 | 10 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 1 | 30 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 20 |
| Final exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 16 | 60 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 6 | 5 | 30 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 6 | 84 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 5 | 6 | 30 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Total Workload | 49 | 104 | 300 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Comprehend the social, economic, cultural, geographical changes of the Turkish world in a holistic perspective. | X | ||||
| 2. Comprehend a source language related to the Turkish culture and other cultures interacted with. | X | ||||
| 3. Produce interdisciplinary, analytical knowledge on the areas related to the Turkish culture. | X | ||||
| 4. Analyze the language and social structure phases of Turkish culture, taking into account the contact processes with neighboring cultures. | X | ||||
| 5. Develop an effective methodology enabling the production of knowledge on Turkish language, culture and social structure. | X | ||||
| 6. Produce new perspectives influenced from the interdisciplinary nature of Turkish Studies and commend on possible political, military and socio-economic matters. | X | ||||
| 7. As an expert on regional assimilation problems, analyze the possible consequences of it and to produce policy suggestions on the matter to relevant private and state departments. | X | ||||
| 8. Generate analysis on global ethnic and cultural problems in the view of Turkish Studies. | X | ||||
| 9. Develop new insights on history, philology, social, economic fields related to Turkish Culture and interacted with. | X | ||||
| 10. Expand norms and methods of knowledge production from the perspective of Turkish Studies. | X | ||||
| 11. Advance new technological methods, in the study of language, history and culture of Turkish Culture geography. | X | ||||
| 12. Make scientific contributions to the Turkish language, history, culture and interactive cultures. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest