Information Package / Course Catalogue
HUK 683 Current Issues of Constitutional Law
MEF University
Degree Programs
Public Law
General Information For Students
Diploma SupplementErasmus Policy Statement
Public Law
PhD Length of the Programme: 4 Number of Credits: 240 TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 QF-EHEA: Third Cycle EQF: Level 8

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

School/Faculty/Institute Graduate School
Course Code HUK 683
Course Title in English Current Issues of Constitutional Law
Course Title in Turkish Anayasa Hukukunun Güncel Sorunları
Language of Instruction TR
Type of Course Lecture
Level of Course Intermediate
Semester Spring
Contact Hours per Week
Lecture: 3 Recitation: Lab: Other:
Estimated Student Workload 188 hours per semester
Number of Credits 7.5 ECTS
Grading Mode Standard Letter Grade
Pre-requisites None
Expected Prior Knowledge None
Co-requisites None
Registration Restrictions PhD students only
Overall Educational Objective To understand, discuss and develop solutions to current problems related to constitutional law, which is a dynamic field
Course Description 1982 Constitution with numerous amendments adopted a new government system and new system has changed executive-parliament relations considerably. Within the context of the course, the following topics are to be dealt and discussed: features of new government system and its problems, discussions concerning executive decrees, state of emergency regime, disputes followed after 2016 Constitutional amendments on parliamentary immunities, differences between theory and practice related to rights and freedom systems and problems associated with constitutional jurisdiction.
Course Description in Turkish Çok sayıda değişikliğin yapıldığı 1982 Anayasası özellikle 2017 Anayasa değişikliği sonrasında yeni bir hükümet sistemi benimsemiş ve bu sistem yasama-yürütme ilişkilerini önemli ölçüde değiştirmiştir. Ders kapsamında şu başlıklar ele alınacaktır: Yeni hükümet sisteminin özellikleri ve sorunları, cumhurbaşkanlığı kararnamesine ilişkin tartışmalar, olağanüstü hâl rejimi, 2016 Anayasa değişikliği sonrası yasama dokunulmazlığına ilişkin çıkan tartışmalar, hak ve özgürlükler alanındaki teori ve uygulama sorunları, Anayasa yargısına ilişkin sorunlar.

Course Learning Outcomes and Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:
1) understand and discuss the current problems of constitutional law
2) Evaluate the new system of government comparatively and identify problems
3) Comprehend and interpret the problems of theory and practice in the fields of legislative immunity, states of emergency, rights and freedoms, constitutional jurisdiction
4) Develops solutions to the current problems of constitutional law.
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Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences

N None S Supportive H Highly Related
     
Program Outcomes and Competences Level Assessed by
1) * H HW,Presentation
2) * H HW,Presentation
3) * H HW,Presentation
4) * S HW,Presentation
5) * S HW,Presentation
6) * S HW,Presentation
7) * S HW,Presentation
8) * S HW,Presentation
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10) * N
11) * S HW,Presentation
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Prepared by and Date EMİNE KARACAOĞLU , January 2024
Course Coordinator AKTS1
Semester Spring
Name of Instructor Prof. Dr. SÜHEYL BATUM

Course Contents

Week Subject
1) Discussions on the system of government in the period of the 1982 Constitution
2) The main features of the government system adopted with the 2017 Constitutional Amendment and the problem of classifying it as a presidential system
3) Presidential decrees: scope, problem of gradation of rules, relation to law, supervision
4) Discussions on the state of emergency regime and its implementation and the approach of the Constitutional Court
5) The Constitutional Court's approach to emergency decrees
6) Legislative-executive balance after the 2017 Constitutional amendment
7) Debates on legislative immunities after the 2016 Constitutional amendment
8) The problem of the ineffectiveness of safeguard criteria in the regime of rights and freedoms
9) Impact of 2017 amendments on electoral law, electoral alliances
10) Discussions on the Constitutional Court
11) Discussions on constitutional amendments
12) Presentation
13) Presentation
13) Presentation
14) Presentation
15) Finals
16) Finals
Required/Recommended ReadingsMehmet Turhan, Hükümet Sistemleri ve 1982 Anayasası, DÜHF Yay., Diyarbakır 1989. Nur Uluşahin, Anayasal Bir Tercih Olarak Başkanlık Sistemi, Yetkin Yay., Ankara 1999 Arend Lijphart, Çağdaş Demokrasiler, (Çeviren Ergun Özbudun - Ersin Onulduran), Yetkin Yayınları, Ankara 1996 İbrahim Kaboğlu, Anayasa Hukuku Dersleri (Genel Esaslar), Legal Yay., İstanbul, (son baskı) Ergun Özbudun, Türk Anayasa Hukuku, Yetkin Yay., Ankara, (son baskı) Kemal Gözler Türk Anayasa Hukuku Dersleri, Ekin Yay., Bursa, (son baskı) Bülent Tanör-Necmi Yüzbaşıoğlu, 1982 Anayasasına Göre Türk Anayasa Hukuku, Beta Yay., İstanbul, (son baskı) Abdurrahman Eren, Anayasa Hukuku Dersleri, Seçkin Yay. Ankara, (son baskı) Taylan Barın, Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kararnamelerinin Hukuki Rejimi ve Anayasallık Denetimi, On İki Levha Yay., İstanbul (son baskı) Ders kapsamında ayrıca haftalık verilecek makaleler ve kararlar
Teaching MethodsLecture, judicial analyses and discussion
Homework and Projects
Laboratory Work
Computer Use
Other Activities
Assessment Methods
Assessment Tools Count Weight
Presentation 1 % 40
Paper Submission 1 % 60
TOTAL % 100
Course Administration karacaoglue@mef.edu.tr

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ECTS Student Workload Estimation

Activity No/Weeks Hours Calculation
No/Weeks per Semester Preparing for the Activity Spent in the Activity Itself Completing the Activity Requirements
Course Hours 14 3 3 2 112
Presentations / Seminar 1 30 2 2 34
Homework Assignments 1 42 42
Total Workload 188
Total Workload/25 7.5
ECTS 7.5