Law (Turkish)

About the Program

The Law Undergraduate Program was established in 2018 within our Faculty of Law and accepted its first students in the 2018-2019 Academic Year.

Law is a compelling and challenging practice. Its area of impact is immense. It may reach to people’s daily life as well as to the operations of governments on an international level. That is why our program was established to train qualified lawyers to meet the increasing demand for such legal services in our country.

Our Law Undergraduate Program presents you with an appealing and effective academic experience, while the core modules that are required by professional legal bodies will be brought to your attention. Within the legal profession, it is expected of you to acquire certain practical and intellectual skills and this course specifically grants these requirements with a disciplined program of skills development.

Turkish law education is being taught under the Law Undergraduate Program. Core modules include Introduction to Law, Constitutional Law, Roman Law, Civil Law, Legal History, Micro-Macro Economics, Law of Obligations, Criminal Law, Administrative Law, International Law, Public International Law, Tax Law, Civil Procedures, Property Law, Trade Law, Philosophy of Law, Sociology of Law, Administrative Jurisdictions, Social Security Law, Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law, Criminal Law, Labor Law, Insurance Law, Negotiable Instruments Law, Inheritance Law, and Maritime Law.

On the other hand, the curriculum has been determined with the aim of training lawyers who are competent in the fields of international law, as well as new interdisciplinary law related to technological and social developments that are in line with the global system. Elective modules related to current areas are Intellectual Property Law, Sports Law, Professional Ethics, Gender and Law, Comparative Law, Bioethics, Consumer Law, International Arbitration Law, Law, Literature and Cinema, Advocacy and Notary Law, Medical Law, etc.

The equivalence of the diplomas of our graduates is provided by YÖK.

Law is an indispensable discipline of principles, institutions, and rules for the order and balance of society and state life. Legal practice is an indispensable field of work that establishes and maintains this discipline. The intense demand for legal education shows the awareness of the fact that an unlawful social order cannot exist. With the emergence of new legal fields, the need for lawyers with knowledge of different disciplines is increasing day by day.

Program Aims and Outcomes

Our Law Undergraduate program aims to train students who will have the ability to use today’s technology effectively in connection with the mission of our University, can think freely and originally within the framework of ethical values, can be able to keep up with the rapid change of globalization, fully equipped with professional knowledge and skills as team leaders and players with high social and emotional intelligence.

In this regard, it is also the purpose of the course to train students who are aware of their rights, who claim their rights, who can offer legal solutions to the changes and developments in society, to consider law as a social phenomenon, and have analytical thinking skills.

Students who graduate from the Law Undergraduate Program will achieve:

sufficient, reliable, and up-to-date knowledge in the field of law;

specialization in Turkish law;

judgment, interpretation, and analytical thinking skills specific to the field of law; a skill to establish a common mind that is compatible with the universal principles of law by determining the legal problems correctly;

skill to be able to produce equitable, human-oriented, and fair solutions that adhere to the universal principles of law;

free and original thinking; multidisciplinary working skills;

skills to take part in research, projects, and activities with social responsibility awareness;

skills to use sources of information effectively

Career Opportunities

Upon successful graduation from our Faculty, the graduates are expected to complete their legal internships depending on the regulations of their country of choice.

Afterward, our graduates who have completed their legal internship can perform as judges, prosecutors, lawyers, notaries, and paralegals. Further, they can work as experts, legal advisers, and directors in public institutions, governmental or international organizations, and law firms.

Our graduate students can also consider continuing with their graduate and/or postgraduate education and pursuing an academic career within the field of academia.