PUBLIC LAW (TURKISH, THESIS)
Master TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 QF-EHEA: Second Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 7

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
KHK5247 Humanitarian Law Fall 3 0 3 8
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Basic information

Language of instruction: Turkish
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Assoc. Prof. CEREN ZEYNEP PİRİM
Course Lecturer(s): Instructor ABDÜLKADİR KAYA
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: The objective of this course is to provide students with a legal and
critical understanding of the major concepts and issues of International
Humanitarian Law and to give all students an opportunity to develop their
own analytic work.
As for analytic work, students are given opportunity to discuss in-depth
some humanitarian crises such as, the wars in Bosnia and Croatia, The
Rwandan genocide, operations in Afghanistan, and Iraq and the implications
of the war on terrorism on the humanitarian agenda.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I.  Recognize the major concepts and issues of International Humanitarian
Law.
II. Experiment and  develope analytic work on the implimentation of Four
Geneva Conventions and its additional Protocols.
III. Analyze and  given opportunity to extrapolate on   the humanitarian
crises such as, the wars in Bosnia and Croatia, The Rwandan genocide and
discuss in-depth the probable  preventive measures.
IV. Evaluate the challenges to humanitarian principles in time of armed
conflict and  peace operations and recognize the implications of the war
on terrorism on the basis of the humanitarian agenda.

Course Content

Introduction to the International Humanitarian Law; International &
non-international armed conflict, Persons protected under international
humanitarian law, Humanitarian Law in practice.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: İnsancıl Hukuka Giriş, Doç.Dr.Ayşe Nur Tütüncü, Mart-2006 İstanbul. Beta
Basım Yayım Dağıtım A.Ş.

On the Laws of War, Adam Roberts, Richard Guelff, Oxford University Press,
2002
References: Yok- None

Evaluation System

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Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Has the knowledge on the different areas of the public law.
2) Has the knowledge of legal regulations, judicial decisions and the scientific evaluations related to them.
3) Develops her fundamental public law knowledge.
4) Has the knowledge on the protection measures in the criminal procedure law.
5) Has the knowledge on the adminstrative law issues.
6) Has the knowledge on the European Union criminal law.
7) Has the knowledge on the European Union's legislation and institutions.
8) Has the knowledge on the international and comparative public law.
9) Has the knowledge on the tax law.
10) Has the knowledge on the political and juridical basis of the State.
11) Has the knowledge on the Human Rights law.
12) Establishes the relation between the public law and the other social sciences.