TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree Without Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Kudret Güven
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Solve problems by interpreting the provisions regarding the law of commercial enterprise. 2) Use general principles and concepts and have apply them to concrete events. 3) Have the information to comprehend, predict and resolve the problems arising in business relationships. 4) Understand and evaluate the concept of commercial enterprise and tarnsactions arising in connection with it. 5) Use the theoretical knowledge in pracitce regarding commercial business and its legal consequences, commercial statements, commercial lawsuit and the definitons of commercial enterprise and merchant.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	The concept of commercial enterprise, the topics of merchant and commercial business, the features of proprietorships and corporations, and information about the foundation, running, audit and termination of proprietorhips and corporations are taught in the context of new Turkish commercial code.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week General information about the purpose and content of the course, giving information about the teaching method of the course, providing the course materials for students, definition of commercial law, sources, systems in commercial law 2nd Week Commercial business, Consequences of regarding business as commercial, features of interest in commercial business 3rd Week Commercial statements, order of the statements. 4th Week Commercial lawsuit, absolute commercial lawsuit, relative commercial lawsuit, methods of authority, proof and judgement 5th Week Concept, types and features of commercial enterprises, concept of assets 6th Week Legal actions concerning commercial enterprises, takeover and pledge of a commercial enterprise 7th Week Definition of merchant and tradesmen, acquisition and termination of the title of tradesman, terms and consequences regarding the title of tradesman 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Trade register, registry operations, terms of registration and listing in trade register, trade name, company name, Definiton, protection, types and features of a trademark and legal claims in the case of its breach 10th Week Unfair competition, cases regarded as unfair competition, criminal and legal cases in the case of unfair competition 11th Week Commercial books, context of the liability of bookkeeping, consequences of keeping none and against the law and proof. 12th Week Classification of merchant assistants, commercial representatives, commercial trustee and mobile merchant offices 13th Week Definiton, rights and obligations of trade affair broker and agent, definition, types, features, rights, obligations, power and termination of agent 14th Week Definition of the current account, form of contract, end claims to be put into the current account, Termination
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	POROY / YASAMAN, Ticari İşletme Hukuku, İstanbul, 2010. BAHTİYAR, Mehmet, Ticari İşletme Hukuku, İstanbul, 2011. 6702 sayılı Eski Türk Ticaret Kanunu, 6102 sayılı Yeni Türk Ticaret Kanunu
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 12 168 Preparation for Final exam 1 60 60 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 50 50 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework Total Workload 324 Total Workload / 30 10,8 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No