Legal problems of international business basically from the Turkish point of view. Emphasis will be put on the rapidly developing sectors of Turkish international business, such as international sales contracts, agency relations, transportation of goods, means of payment, unfair competition, tortuous liability for products.

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.

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.

Analysis of the international labour conventions and recommendations; adoption of international labour standards; regular supervisory system; complaint procedure as to the infringement of freedom of association; impact of the supervisory system, and review of the ILO Constitution.

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

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.

Research methods from perspective of legal disciplines and interdisciplinary approach; drafting techniques for PhD thesis; case notes; composing essays, research and publication ethics and citation methods; methodological problems in law.

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 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.

Reading- and writing-intensive study of major topics and figures in the history of critical theory. We will question some commonly held assumptions about the acts of reading and writing and call attention to changing conceptions of textual representation and interpretation. Particular course emphases, texts, and topics will vary from semester to semester. While open to all students who meet the prerequisite requirements, this course is mandatory for students pursuing the Honors Program in Comparative Literature.

Study of basic research methods in comparative literary studies. Examination of critical methodologies of comparative literature and application of qualitative and quantitative methods in research. Developing a cross-disciplinary approach to textual analysis.

Reading- and writing-intensive study of major topics and figures in the history of critical theory. We will question some commonly held assumptions about the acts of reading and writing and call attention to changing conceptions of textual representation and interpretation. Particular course emphases, texts, and topics will vary from semester to semester.

This advanced course will help students to understand fundamental methods used for materials characterization. Students will learn principles and applications of detectors and amplifiers, optical spectroscopy, electron and scanning probe microscopy, X-ray diffraction, fluorescence and spectroscopic methods, surface analysis techniques. Students will be able to use the knowledge in the broad area of materials research. By the end of the course, the students will be able to choose appropriate methods for characterizing each specific type of materials and to treat and analyze the data obtained by such techniques.

Linear algebra and matrix theory; mathematics of finance; counting and the fundamentals of probability theory; game theory.

Linear algebra and matrix theory; mathematics of finance; counting and the fundamentals of probability theory; game theory.

Linear algebra and matrix theory; mathematics of finance; counting and the fundamentals of probability theory; game theory.

Linear algebra and matrix theory; mathematics of finance; counting and the fundamentals of probability theory; game theory.

Linear algebra and matrix theory; mathematics of finance; counting and the fundamentals of probability theory; game theory.