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Ottoman Laws and Land’s Right

Course Code	: TAR341
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 2
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 2
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 3

Objectives of the Course

Giving an idea about the importance of justice, law making and enforcement in the Ottoman Empire, demonstrating that judicial systemand economical structure of the Ottoman Empire were tightly connected to each other.

Course Content

Judicial analysis of the kanunnames, relations of tahrir (census) registers and issued kanunnames, differences between the issued laws in different Ottoman provinces, Adaletnames in the Ottoman Empire, law articles about the land law and agricultural production, duties and powers of kadi, the most important lawman in the provinces.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Bülent ÇELİK

Learning Outcomes

1.	Being able to understand how the Islamic law was formed in the historical process.
2.	Being able to understand the terms of religious and traditional law in the Ottoman Empire.
3.	Being able to learn connections between agricultural production, taxation and land law.
4.	Being able to grasp judicial regulations conducted by some Ottoman Sultans who were famous with their Lawgiver personalities.
5.	Being able to grasp connection between the term of justice and administration.
6.	Being able tı evaluate some samples from te Ottoman court records.

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	Halil İnalcık, Devlet-i Aliyye Researches on the Ottoman Empire– I, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Ankara 2021.
2.	Halil İnalcık, The Ottoman Empire Classical Age (1300-1600), Kronik Kitap, İstanbul 2019.
3.	Halil İnalcık, State, Law and Justice in the Ottoman Empire, Kronik Kitap, İstanbul 2020.
4.	Halil İnalcık, “Acts of Justice” , Belgeler II, 3-4:49-145. Ankara 1965.
5.	(Ed.) Çağlar Keyder-Faruk Tabak,Land Ownership and Commercial Agriculture in the Ottoman Empire , Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, İstanbul 1998.
6.	Colin Imber, From Sharia to Law. Ebussuud and Islamic Law in the Ottoman Empire, İstanbul 2004.
7.	İlber Ortaylı, Kadi in the Ottoman Empire as a Man of Law and Administration, Kronik Kitap İstanbul 2020.
8.	Collektive, Late Ottoman Legal Thought, Issues, Ideas and Institutions, İLEM, İstanbul 2021.
9.	Halil İnalcık, East West Articles I, Doğu Batı Yayınları İstanbul 2018.
10.	Halil İnalcık, East West Articles II, Doğu Batı Yayınları İstanbul 2024.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Islamic Law from the earliest per,ods of Islam to the Ottoman Empire. Formation and Differences.

Week 2 - Theoretical

Importance given to juctice by the Ottoman rulers.

Week 3 - Theoretical

Distinction between the Ottoman religious and traditional laws. Reasons.

Week 4 - Theoretical

Timar system, agricultural production and taxation.

Week 5 - Theoretical

The term of Kanunname in the Ottoman Empire. Sanjak and Province Kanunnames.

Week 6 - Theoretical

Provincial administrators and judicial status of agricultural productors.

Week 7 - Theoretical

Provision of various court registers related to subfields of Ottoman Law to students.

Week 8 - Theoretical

Analysis of the Traditional Kanunname of Mehmet the Conquerer.

Week 9 - Theoretical

A distinctive Sultan in the field of Law: Suleiman I and his Lawgiver personality.

Week 10 - Theoretical

Seikh al Islam Ebussuud Efendi and his verdicts.

Week 11 - Theoretical

Disorders in the provinces during the XVII. century and their effect to agricultural production.

Week 12 - Theoretical

The term of Adaletname and Adaletname samples issued by Ottoman Sultans.

Week 13 - Theoretical

Provision of various court registers related to subfields of Ottoman Law to students.

Week 13 - Preparation Work

Skimming and selection of related documents from the available sources.

Week 14 - Theoretical

Provision of various court registers related to subfields of Ottoman Law to students.

Week 14 - Preparation Work

Skimming and selection of related documents from the available sources.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Midterm Examination	1	%40
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	2	2	56
Midterm Examination	1	8	2	10
Final Examination	1	10	2	12
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				78

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