Constitutional principles of taxation, tax procedure, tax crimes and tax disputes. Income and corporate taxation and value added tax.

Basic structure of international commercial arbitration Law by reference to the arbitration rules such as ICC, DIS, LCIA and Unidroit Arbitration Rules and to different national Laws. Types and Forms of Arbitration, the Procedural Framework and Sources, Arbitration Agreements, Arbitrability and Public Policy, Establishment and Jurisdiction of the Arbitral Tribunal, Powers and Duties of Arbitrators, Conduct of Arbitral Proceedings, Challenge and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards.

Historical background of Labor Law; the individual employment contract; rights and obligations of the parties; organization of work and working time; remuneration; paid vacations and annual leave with pay; termination of employment contract; job security; collective dismissal; severance pay.

Historical background of Labor Law; the individual employment contract; rights and obligations of the parties; organization of work and working time; remuneration; paid vacations and annual leave with pay; termination of employment contract; job security; collective dismissal; severance pay.

As an important business the movement of goods and passengers; brief introduction to international sale of goods, its relation with the transportation; parties ?other than the carrier- involved in the transport, such as freight forwarders, terminal operators; carriage of goods by all modes, i.e. sea, road, rail, air, and inland; multimodal transport; international transport conventions; contractual terms; international transport documents; parties to the contract of carriage; scope of application of the transport conventions, liability of the carrier, exoneration from liability, limits of liability, loss of right to limit, and jurisdiction.

Comparative constitutional study of constitutional endurance, constitution-making, and constitutional designs and redesigns; constitutional identities; Türkiye, continental law countries, European Union (EU), the United States, Latin American experiences and other global case-studies of adopting a comparative institutional analysis approach; rise of comparative constitutional review (abstract and concrete review as well as individual applications) and judicialization; constitutional interpretation with respect to transnational approaches; constitutional leadership, deparlamentarization and presidential power; major case-law and common standards as to institutional choices, judicial policies, equal protection and non-discrimination, gender and citizenship, constitutional rights and freedoms.

An introduction to international and European private law; similarities and discrepancies between civil law and common law traditions; contract law from an international and European perspective. UNIDROIT Principles; United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG); Principles of European Contract Law (PECL); Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR). Comparison of different solutions for selected problems of contract law, envisaged by relevant international and European legal instruments and selected national legal systems.

Competition Law and Competition Policy. International Dimension of Competition Law. Involvement of international organisations in the field of Competition. Differences between competition law regimes around the world. Competition Enforcement. EU Competition Law Regime. US Antitrust Law Regime. Competition Law: Concept, Framework, Goals, Characteristics and Nature. Market Definition and Analysis. Cartels, Agreements and Concerted Practices. Abuse of Dominant Position. Merger Regulation. Competition Enforcement in Particular Sectors.

Overview of the main principles of the legal agreements of the World Trade Organization (WTO); the structure of the WTO, agreements, and dispute settlement processes; the key economic and legal concepts underpinning the WTO, including comparative advantage, national treatment, and most favoured nation status; specific trade topics, including intellectual property, services, antidumping, safeguards, subsidies, sanitary and phytosanitary measures and free trade agreements.

Definition of privatization; differentiation of privatization from similar and related conceptualizations such as liberalization; application of private law in public services) relationship of privatization with public service, concessions and monopolies; differentiation of legal approach for privatization from economic approach; juridification of economic considerations; privatization of public service; legal priorities for privatization of pure economic-commercial activities; relationship of privatization with public-private partnership and differing privatization from public-private partnership; development of privatzation law in Türkiye and interaction of legislation, executive and judiciary in development process of privatization; methods of privatization in Türkiye; selected case studies of privatization experiences.

Concept of group of companies, control, control mechanisms, mutual participation, mis-use of control, squeeze-out, liability of confidence.

A series of presentations by faculty, outside speakers and students.

Influence of interpretive scholarship in the field of fundamental rights; Savigny’s methodology; reflections of Alexy’s, Dworkin’s and Müller’s scholarships in the case law and their critics; horizontal effects of fundamental rights (“the third effect”); limits of limitations with specific emphasis on the principle of proportionality, the essence of fundamental rights, weighing and balancing, and explicit core guarantees; inherent limits; limitation of civic and political rights; limits of social and economic rights; examining comparative constitutional and international case law on fundamental rights from perspective of interpretive techniques.

The concepts of suspect and defendant, the principles of in dubio pro reo (“when in doubt, fort he accused”), presumption of innocence, natural judge, Miranda rights, Habeas Corpus, right to speak to an attorney, right to remain silent, right to a fair trial, right to appeal. The study of the rights of the suspect in light of comparative criminal procedure law and international standards.

Historical development of banking ; Sources of banking law; An overview of Turkish banking system; Legal structure of banks; Formation of joint stock banks and their operation; Share ownership in joint stock banks; Organs of joint stock banks; Supervision of joint stock banks; Credit regulation; Legal problems posed by banks which are suspended from banking operations or are transferred to state fund; Law of banking contracts; Legal relationship between the bank and its clients; Standard terms; Deposit transactions; Deposit accounts; Current accounts; Credit transactions; Bank loan contracts; Types of credit; Cash credits; Non-cash credits and particularly letters of guarantee; Payment transactions; Assignment; Documentary credit.

International jurisdiction of Turkish courts with regard to relations pertaining to private law that involve a foreign element, jurisdiction agreements, recognition and enforcement of foreign court decisions in Türkiye. Negotiation techniques as a dispute resolution method, mediation, commercial arbitration, construction and investment arbitration. Validity of an arbitration agreement, arbitration procedure, arbitration award, annulment of an arbitration award and recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitration awards in Türkiye.

Seminars where faculty, outside speakers and Ph.D. students present their academic research.

Introduction to the main genres of fiction, poetry, and drama, with the aim of providing competence in close reading and critical essay writing, knowledge of formal characteristics and key terminology, and a basic understanding of comparative literary studies.

Introduction to theories of literary translation and the historical interchange of language and culture.

Survey of medieval and early modern literature and culture. Study of texts from different traditions with primary focus on European literature.

Survey of major literary forms, genres, and themes in Ottoman literature, from the 15th to the early 20th century. This course is taught in English, but the texts are in Turkish.

Survey of major writers, movements, and themes in English literature from the Age of Enlightenment to the 20th century. Critically-informed close readings of texts that place works within their social, historical, and cultural contexts.

Critical examination of the novel from its rise in the 18th century to its modernist and postmodernist phase in the 20th century with attention to theories of the novel and different national traditions. Selection of texts varies with offering.