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  5. Sources of Ottoman Legal History
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Last Updated: 30/09/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
TAR701 - Sources of Ottoman Legal History I. SEMESTER 3 +0 6.0
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) DR. ÖĞR. ÜYESİ SERTAÇ DEMİR
Mode of Delivery Face of
Place of Delivery
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Prerequisites None
Courses Recomended None
Recommended Resources M. Akif Aydın, Osmanlı Hukukuna Giriş/Klasik Dönem; Osman Kaşıkçı, İslam-Osmanlı Hukuku; Recep Cici, Osmanlı Hukuku Üzerine Araştırmalar; Süleyman Sûdî, Defter-i Muktesîd; Ahmed Akgündüz, Osmanlı Kanunnâmeleri ve Hukuki Tahlilleri, Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı, Şer'iye Sicilleri I-II.
Work Placement None
Aims of the Course

Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Pre-Islamic Turkish Law and Its Sources
Week - 2 Sources of Islamic Law
Week - 3 The Ottoman Sectarian Structure, Hanafi Law and Books on Islamic Jurisprudence(Fiqh)
Week - 4 Fatwa Authority and Fatwa Collections
Week - 5 Registers of Sharia Courts
Week - 6 Customary Law: Codes of Law, Decrees of Justice, and Complaints of the Subjects
Week - 7 Midterm Exam
Week - 8 The Registers of Important Matters and the Decisions of the Imperial Council
Week - 9 Land Registry Books, Tax and Foundation (Vaqf)Registers
Week - 10 The Tanzimat Period and the Modernizing Judicial System:Records of the High Council and the Council of Judicial Decrees
Week - 11 An Alternative to a Legal System Striving for Westernization: The Mecelle-i Ahkâm-ı Adliye
Week - 12 Criminal, Commercial, Land Laws and Regulations
Week - 13 Information and Records Regarding Commercial, Civil, First Instance, Appeal, and Cassation Courts
Week - 14 Final Exam

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Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 30
Final Exam 1 50
Homework 1 20
Toplam (%) 100

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