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  5. Ottoman Penal Code of the Tanzimat Period
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Last Updated: 30/09/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
HUK578 - Ottoman Penal Code of the Tanzimat Period II. SEMESTER 3 +0 6.0
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) PROF. DR. ESRA YAKUT
Mode of Delivery The mode of delivery of this course is face to face
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Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended I don\'t suggest any class.
Recommended Resources 1.Ahmet Akgündüz, Osmanlı Kanunnameleri ve Hukuki Tahlilleri, 9 cilt, İstanbul, 1990-1996.2. Ahmet Akgündüz, İslam ve Osmanlı Hukuku Külliyatı. Kamu Hukuku, C.I, İstanbul, 2011.3. Ahmet Akgündüz, “1858 Tarihli Osmanlı Ceza Kanunnamesi’nin Hukuki Kaynakları, Tatbik Şekli ve Men’i İrtikâb Kanunnamesi”, Belleten, C. LI, S. 199, s. 153-191.4.Mehmet Akman, Osmanlı Devleti’nde Ceza Yargılaması, İstanbul, 2004.5.Mehmet Akman, Osmanlı Devletinde Kardeş Katli, İstanbul, 1997.6.Mustafa Avcı, Osmanlı Ceza Hukukuna Giriş, Konya, 2008.7.Mustafa Avcı, Osmanlı Hukukunda Suçlar ve Cezalar, İstanbul, 2004.8. Mustafa Reşid Belgesay, “Tanzimat ve Adliye Teşkilatı”, Tanzimat I, İstanbul, 1999, s. 211-220.9. Pertev Bilgen, “Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nda Hukuk Devleti Fikri ve 3 Mayıs 1840 Tarihli Ceza Kanunname-i Hümayunu”, Dünü ve Bugünüyle Toplum ve Ekonomi, S. 2, İstanbul, 1991, s. 63-76.10. Sedat Bingöl, Tanzimat Devrinde Osmanlı’da Yargı Reformu (Nizamiye Mahkemelerinin Kuruluşu ve İşleyişi, 1840-1876), Eskişehir, 2002.11.Gülnihal Bozkurt, Gayri Müslim Osmanlı Vatandaşlarının Hukuki Durumu (1839-1914), Ankara, 1989.12.Gülnihal Bozkurt, Batı Hukukunun Türkiye’de Benimsenmesi, Ankara, 1996.13. Ekrem Buğra Ekinci, Tanzimat ve Sonrası Osmanlı Mahkemeleri, İstanbul, 2004.14.Ahmet Gökçen, Tanzimat Dönemi Osmanlı Ceza Kanunları ve Bu Kanunlardaki Ceza Müeyyideleri, (Yayınlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi), İstanbul, 1989.15.Uriel Heyd, Studies in Old Ottoman Criminal Law, Oxford, 1973.16.Uriel Heyd, “Eski Osmanlı Ceza Hukukunda Kanun ve Şeriat”, (Çev. Selahaddin Eroğlu), Türk Hukuk ve Kültür Tarihi Üzerine Makaleler, Ankara, 2002, s. 45-65.17.Colin Imber, “Zina in Ottoman Law”, Contributions a l’Histoie Sociatle et Economique de l’Empire Ottoman, Louvain, 1981, s. 59-92.10.18.Noemi Levy, Osmanlı’da Asayiş Suç ve Ceza, İstanbul, 2007.19.Ruth A. Miller, Legislating Authority. Sin and Crime in the Ottoman Empire and Turkey, New York, 2005.20.Ahmet Mumcu, Osmanlı Devletinde Rüşvet (Özellikle Adlî Rüşvet) İstanbul, 1985.21.Ahmet Mumcu, Osmanlı Devletinde Siyaseten Katl, Ankara, 1985.22.Ahmet Mumcu, Osmanlı Hukukunda Zulüm Kavramı, Ankara, 1985.23.Nevin Ünal Özkorkut, Türk Hukukunda Zina Suçu, İstanbul, 2009.24.Rudolph Peters, Crime and Punisment in Islamic Law, Cambridge, 2005.25. Mustafa Şentop, Tanzimat Döneminde Osmanlı Ceza Hukuku, Kanunlar, Tadiller, Layihalar, Uygulama, İstanbul, 2004.26.Tahir Taner, “Tanzimat Devrinde Ceza Hukuku”, Tanzimat, İstanbul, 1940, s. 221-232.27. Hıfzı Veldet Velidedeoğlu, “Kanunlaştırma Hareketleri ve Tanzimat”, Tanzimat I, İstanbul, 1999, s. 139-209.
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 An Introduction to Ottoman Criminal Law in the Reform Movement Period
Week - 2 Sources of Ottoman Criminal Law in the Reform Movement Period
Week - 3 Developments in the Ottoman Empire that paved the way for the reform movement
Week - 4 The Imperial Edict of Reorganization (the Gulhane Edict) and the Royal Reform Edict and their contents
Week - 5 The Reception Movement (acceptance of western laws) and its effects on criminal law
Week - 6 The Criminal Law of 1840 and its contents
Week - 7 The Kanun-ı Cedid (New Order) law of 1851 and its contents
Week - 8 The Criminal Law of 1858 and its contents
Week - 9 Other laws with articles pertaining to Criminal Law and Criminal Law Courts
Week - 10 Judicial organization during the Reform Movement Period
Week - 11 The Nizamiye Courts and its authorities
Week - 12 Enforcement system during the Reform Movement
Week - 13 Crime and punishments in material laws
Week - 14 A general evaluation of the practice of Criminal Law in the Reform Movement Period

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