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Yeditepe University Law Faculty
Erasmus Students
Information about Yeditepe University Faculty of Law
Yeditepe University Faculty of Law has the most extensive network of links with other
European law schools. In fact the number of Erasmus Agreements signed by Yeditepe
University Faculty of Law is increasing rapidly. At the time of drafting, the number was
more than forty. Please click here to see the Erasmus Agreements of Yeditepe University
Law Faculty
In addition to Erasmus Agreements, Yeditepe University Faculty of Law has a number of
agreements and “Memorandums of Understanding” with other law schools, in particular
in the United States, Russian Federation, Ukraine and India.
We certainly welcome all the proposals we receive. As a matter of principle, we decide to
enter into such Agreements if we believe that there will be a meaningful exchange which
will be beneficial for both sides and a “framework” for cooperation may be created.
It should be added that, in the event that there are applications from students who
attend a university in another European country which does not yet have an Erasmus
Agreement with us, we would welcome such applications under certain conditions.
Indeed, we would consider all applications with an open mind and accept students from
universities across the world to spend a semester at Yeditepe whereby they may take
courses with our students. However, in such a case, the financial aspects of the Erasmus
program would not be available to the student.
From time to time, Yeditepe University Law Faculty receives requests from law students
in the United States who wish to take law courses at Yeditepe University Law Faculty for
a year and have the credits accepted in their own law schools. Thus, a number of leading
law schools in the United States allowed their students to spend one academic year at
Yeditepe University Law Faculty and recognized the credits they received at Yeditepe.
Evaluations from Erasmus Students
Yeditepe est une université pluridisciplinaire de pointe. Elle dispose d’infrastructures hors
du commun en France, d’un très grand nombre d’UFRs différents, ainsi que d’un panel
de cours en anglais et en français impressionnant.
Ainsi au sein de mon UFR de droit j’ai pu me concentrer sur le droit international ainsi
qu'étranger, suivre des cours de niveau master pour commencer à me spécialiser, et
choisir des cours d’autres UFRs afin d’acquérir des connaissances pluridisciplinaires alors
que je ne suis qu’en 3ème année de droit.
De par sa réputation et la qualité de l’enseignement proposé l’université Yeditepe est à
même d’attirer de nombreux professeurs et d’élèves venants des quatre coins du monde.
Cela garanti un enseignement à haute valeur ajouté dans une ambiance bienveillante et
amicale. Il est à noter que tous les cours sont des T.D il n’a pas de cours d’amphi!
La prise en charge est très efficace et vous n’aurez jamais de problèmes d’équivalences,
de manque d’information voire d’indifférence de la part de l’université.
Malgré tous ces points positifs la vraie force de Yeditepe est d’offrir une ambiance
conviviale en organisant des dîners, excursions culturelles, des voyages et la présence de
nombreux clubs étudiants très actifs.
Ajoutez à cela le nombre conséquents d’étudiants étrangers, 200, qui permet de
rencontrer des gens de tous les horizons. Tout cela vous assure une année inoubliable
dans une ville mythique.
Have a good Christmas.
Impressions of Erasmus students at Yeditepe
Killian Rolf (Bremen, Germany)
I spend two semesters via Erasmus at Yeditepe University as a law student. My
experiences have been completely positive.
The courses offered in English in the Law Faculty are covering a broad spectrum of law
topics, and the possibility for Erasmus students to follow the Master classes as
undergratuate students offered me courses which are as such not offered at my home
university.
Apart from the classroom I have participated in the University's American Football
Team and the VIS Moot Court Competition Team
and found a lot of good friends. Thanks to this I was able to get a direct impression of
the local students, their traditions, their way of life and so on.
If I would have not done this, I guess I would have missed out on most of my great
memories of my time being here, cause the step of getting to know the local students
just by taking the same classes is nearly impossible. Hence my philosophy of a
succesful exchange is not spending my whole time in a foreign country with other
foreigners, the activities and interactions with local students outside the class room was
a perfect way for me to learn more about the culture and the people of this wonderful
city.
Istanbul itself is a fantastic place to be, and if one follows the basic rules of a
metropolitan lifestyle, one will never find him or herself in any sort of trouble he or she
could not run into at home. The beauty of this city causes addiction and I have to say
that I never, not for one second, regreted coming here. And because of the never
ending opportunities of things to do for all sorts of interests, this city never gets boring,
but there is rather something new to discover every day!
Kilian Rolf
Petra Trkov
Report of my Erasmus experience
I'm a law student from University of Ljubljana and I spent the first semester of
academic year 2009/2010 as an Erasmus exchange student at Yeditepe University in
Istanbul.
One of the things that attracted me most when I was applying, was the broad variety
of courses I could choose from. I could take both, undergraduate and graduate
courses, and also courses from other departments. The progressive approach of the
University was seen at lessons, where the theoretical aspect of subject matter was
presented simultaneously with its practical application in current affairs. The lectures
were interactive and the atmosphere was intellectually stimulating. Students were also
encouraged to participate in international conferences and many extra curriculum
activities organised by the University.
When we needed some information or help with managing something, we could turn to
staff of the international office, where they were highly attentive in solving our
problems. We were also introduced to Turkish students, who were kindly showing us
around the city and helping us with errands, such as opening a bank account or
obtaining a monthly students' bus ticket. They organised many different activities, trips,
and social events.
There is a great variety of facilities on campus. Sports facilities include swimming pools,
gym, tennis courts, etc. You can also find restaurants and cafeterias. All of this,
combined with the beautiful green surroundings, make it practically impossible not to
enjoy the time between or after classes. Therefore some students decide to reside in
the dormitory. Although the idea of living on campus seemed appealing to me, I
decided to rent a room elsewhere. Despite the language difficulties, finding a room
wasn't difficult at all. It so happened that I found one in Kadikoy and soon I realised,
that it was the best place to live. Due to its relative proximity to Marmara and Yeditepe
universities and excellent traffic connections, to universities and the European side of
the city, it is full of students. This charming neighbourhood has a lot of small
restaurants, shops, cafes, theatres, and even opera. Nevertheless, its best feature is
definitely the seashore, which is like an oasis in sometimes overwhelming city.
Istanbul, being home to at least three civilisation, is a magnificent museum by itself. It
is impossible to get tired of it or to be bored. You can visit one of many museums or art
galleries with exceptional collections or just stroll through the streets. In the evening
you can find live music everywhere – in clubs, restaurants, bars, on the streets;
therefore, it's sometimes hard to decide where to go. However, the hallmark of
Istanbul are its people, friendly, generous, and always willing to help.
It is hard for me to put in words what I've gained from my Erasmus experience. Surely
a fair amount of knowledge, a different view on European society, a lot of new friends,
and an opportunity to live in Asia and to go to Europe just for a glass of tea. I would
encourage anybody, who is thinking about becoming an exchange student in Istanbul,
to do it, because it's a truly wonderful adventure.
Marina Murinova
Choosing Istanbul and Yeditepe University for
my Erasmus exchange the best decision I could
ever make!
Despite the culture shock during the first days
like NO possible usage of my English anywhere
and let’s say social habits of people on the
streets:)) I fell in love with this place soon after
my arrival.
I came on 27th January to give myself a time to adjust to the place
and “look around” before the school starts which turned out to be a
good decision again, because I could know my flatmates better and
as they were studying at Yeditepe since September I was lucky to
get a benefit of their previous experiences and useful advice as well
as exploring the close and distant “neighbourhood” together.
That brings me to the question why I chose to live in flatshare and
not in Yeditepe dorms. Well, being an Erasmus student means for
me also some kind of desire to merge or live up in the real people’s
environment and in my case - to live the way the Turkish people do
Courses Offered in English
A number of regular Law Faculty courses are offered in English and in German. The list
of the courses offered in English are stated in the below list with their ECTS values and
course hours.
Course
Code
Course Name
ECTS
Course
Hours
Law
421
Intellectual Property Law (available
in fall and spring semesters)
4
3
Law 109
Basic Concepts of Turkish
Law (available in fall and spring
semesters)
5
3
Law
131
Legal Terminology I (available
6
in fall and spring semesters)
6
Law 132
Legal Terminology II (available in fall
and spring semesters)
6
6
Law
211
International Law I (available
in fall and spring semesters)
4
4
Law 212
International Law II (available in fall
and spring semesters)
4
4
Law
261
Introduction to US Law I
(available in fall and spring
semesters)
5
2
Law 262
Introduction to US Law II (available in
6
fall and spring semesters)
2
Law
361
EU Law and Institutions I
(available in fall and spring
semesters)
4
4
Law 360
EU Law II (available in fall and spring
semesters)
3
3
Law
471
Common Law of Contracts
(available in fall and spring
semesters)
5
2
Law 482
Common Law of Torts (available in fall
and spring semesters)
4
2
Law
495
Law Firm Legal Terminology I
(available in fall and spring
4
semesters)
3
Law 496
Law Firm Legal Terminology II
(available in fall and spring semesters)
2
3
Law
442
International Commercial
Arbitration (available in fall
and spring semesters)
4
2
Law 422
Competition Law (available in fall and
spring semesters)
4
2
Law
356
Comparative Company Law
(available in fall and spring
4
2
semesters)
Law 443
Stock Exchange Law (available in fall
and spring semesters)
4
2
Law
263
Comparative Law of
Obligations I (available in fall
and spring semesters)
4
2
Law 270
Comparative Law of Obligations II
(available in fall and spring semesters)
4
2
Law
376
Air Law (available only in
spring semesters)
4
2
Transportation Law (available only in
spring semesters)
4
2
Legal Drafting (available only
in spring semesters)
4
2
Law 368
Law
347
Furthermore,in order to enable the Erasmus students to choose from a wide variety of
courses, Yeditepe Law Faculty has decided to allow them to take graduate law courses,
offered under LL.M. or Ph.D. programmes within the Institute of Social Sciences. Thus,
Erasmus students have a chance to select courses from either graduate or
undergraduate law programmes. In addition to the courses given above, it is possible to
take some toher undergraduate law courses (elective courses such as Human Rights,
Transportation Law, etc.) in Spring Semesters.
Main Turkish Law courses such as Civil Law, Inheritance Law, Law of Property, Law of
Obligations (Contracts), Commercial Law, Company Law, Civil Procedure Law, Law of
Enforcement and Bankruptcy, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Criminal Law,
Criminal Procedure Law and others are naturally given in Turkish.
However, a number of Erasmus students (coming mainly from Germany, the
Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and who are of Turkish origin) wish to take Turkish Law
courses. By doing so, not only they improve their mother tongue but also acquire an indepth analysis of various aspects of Turkish Law, which would be extremely useful for
them when they practice.
Yeditepe University Law Faculty encourages students of Turkish origin to take such
courses so that they obtain maximum benefit from their stay at Yeditepe. They are also
allowed to audit a number of other courses without registering officialy.
Incoming Erasmus students may consider taking courses from other Faculties or
Departments at Yeditepe University, in addition to the above-mentioned law courses, as
Yeditepe University has all the Faculties that a University should have. Some of the
Faculties/ Departments in which a law student may decide to take a course are:
Public Administration,
International Relations and Political Science
Business
Economics
Philosophy
History
Anthropology
Fine Arts
Gastronomy
Courses offered in German
Course Code
Course Name
ECTS
Elective
Criminal Procedure Law
4
Elective
Criminal Law
4
Elective
International Criminal Law
4
Click here for the details.
Location of Yeditepe University
Yeditepe University 26 AUGUST CAMPUS is located on the Anatolian side of Istanbul.
The campus is only fifteen minutes drive to the “cadde” or “street” as students refer to
the residential area around Bagdad Street, which is a prestigous avenue with top
restaurants, cafes, clubs and well known shops.
Commuting in Istanbul is a big problem as the city is located on a very large area. From
one side of Greater Istanbul Municipality to the other, one may have to drive up to
seventy or eighty kilometers. Therefore, the best way to live in Istanbul is to have your
home near where you work or study, in order to avoid the traffic jams on two
intercontinental bridges linking Istanbul.
Accommodation
Student Residential Halls at Yeditepe are generally called “Student Hotel”.
However, campus accommodation at Yeditepe is not easy to get. Even though there are
more than 4000 places available, those who wish to stay in campus accommodation
should apply well in advance. Two students stay in each room and the rooms have
private WC, shower, refrigerator, telephone, internet connection and all the facilities of a
three/four-star hotel).
The University also has accommodation facilities at Acıbadem, near the Nautilus
Shopping and Entertainment Center, which is five minutes walk to Kadıköy where regular
boat service is available to the European side (in particular to Karaköy, Beşiktaş and
Eminönü). The terminal for fast Sea-Buses, with services to Bakırköy (near Atatürk
Airport), is also within a walking distance.
It should be added that students may of course decide to rent a flat outside the campus,
together with several friends.
Sports
Yeditepe campus has:
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550 square meters indoor basketball court with seating facilities, and 620
square meters outdoor basketball courts,
Outdoor volleyball and tennis courts,
Indoor and outdoor half Olympic sized swimming pools,
300 square meters fully equipped fitness and aerobics center,
University Library
The Library is located on the first floor of the Rectorate building on the 26 August
Campus of the University. It occupies 3.000 square meters covered area. It provides
extensive reading areas, group discussion and study rooms, etc. The Center is equipped
with about 60 computers with Internet access. It has a seating capacity of 300 users.
The library has 1321 periodicals with subscriptions to databases, some periodicals, the
Official Gazette, and daily newspapers and magazines. In the library collection there are
several hundred compact discs, Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations. There are
about 685 reference sources like dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. The number of books,
periodicals and other materials is rapidly growing. At present, the Library has a staff of
highly knowledgeable 9 librarians and 15 Students Assistants. The Library gives service
to more than 10.000 students and about 1000 faculty and administrative staff. Whereas
many libraries are open only between 9.00-16.30 hours, Yeditepe University
Library opens its doors at 8.30 in the morning and allows researchers to
work in the library until midnight, including sundays.
Why study in Istanbul ?
Istanbul is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It is also the largest city in
Europe.
Nowhere in the world you can have all the following at once: a strait like Turkish straits
(Bosphorus linking the Black Sea via the Sea of Marmara to the Agean and
Mediterrenean), the Golden Horn lying between both sides of old Istanbul, five islands
(so-called Princess Islands) only twenty minutes from the nearest shore, and the
treasures of historical and architectural masterpieces ranging from St. Sophia to Blue
Mosque, from Topkapı Palace to Hidiv Kiosk.
Indeed Istanbul is a city which served as the capital of three civilizations, three empires:
Eastern Roman Empire, Byzantine and Ottoman Empire.
In fact it is the city where the Code Justinian was prepared and enacted. (Every year,
students of Loyola University School of Law, together with their professors, visit Istanbul
and Yeditepe after their visit to Rome, as part of their study tour of Roman Law and
History of Law.)
For further information, please contact the International Office at
+ 90 216 578 0614/15 or
intoffice@yeditepe.edu.tr
intstud@yeditepe.edu.tr
fernaipekel@yeditepe.edu.tr
makbas@yeditepe.edu.tr
cbulur@yeditepe.edu.tr
Cultural Activities in Đstanbul
While in Istanbul, you certainly would not want to miss any of the activities taking place
in this swinging metropolis..
There are so many concerts, operas, jazz or film festivals and other events taking place
in Istanbul that we can hardly claim to give you an exhaustive list..
However, Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts organizes a number of annual or biannual festivals of different sorts..
One of these is the forthcoming International Istanbul Music Festival which will take
place between June 5 th and 30 th in 2009.
This year it is the 37 th year.. So we will leave this text even after that date- as it will
take place each year so that you will have an idea what kind of activities o expect the
coming years..
Some of the events, like a very famous opera is performed in the heart of Topkapı
Palace.
Which opera?
Entführung aus der Seraglio which in fact takes place in that very Palace of the Ottoman
Sultans..
Some concerts take place at Saint Irene Church which is located in the outer court-yard
of the Topkapı Palace...which has an excellent acoustics.
Some concerts are performed at the famous Rumeli Fortress (Castle) - Rumeli Hisarı in
Turkish, on the shores of Bosphorus Strait. Not only popular singers, pop stars perform
there.. When a Shakespeare play, Corialanus is performed there the historic castles
surrounding the stage may be surrounded by soldiers with burning fires meşale in their
hands..
Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall is a place which you might like to visit from time to time, all
year long and not only during the festival periods as world known artists perform there.
We should not forget the Open-air Theatre or Açık Hava Tiyatrosu which during summer
months welcomes many groups, famous singers, jazz festivals etc..
Lütfi Kırdar Convention Center should also be checked from time to time. As Istanbul
became the most favorite place for international conventions this Convention Center may
not always be open for concerts.. However, when it is there are many unforgettable
performances in this modern Hall.
Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts also organizes jazz festivals, film festivals and
many other events.. Therefore, it is always good to check their web pages to get most
current information..
As the recently renovated historical Süreyya Operet Building in Kadıköy -which is half an
hour drive from our campus on Bahariye Street between Altıyol (which actually means
Six Roads as six streets meet in this square where there is a statute of a Bull) and
Moda is now the home of Istanbul Opera as the AKM Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (Atatürk
Cultural Center) is temporarily closed in preparation for the 2010 as Istanbul is
designated ”European Culture Capital".
Tickets at Süreyya Operet Building is extraordinarily cheap as its subsidized by public
funds..
Bostancı Gösteri Merkezi is another Hall where performances like Anatolian Sun and
other dance groups take place..
Some Activity web sites:
37th International Đstanbul Music Festival
June 3-30, 2009
Main Contributions of Turkey's Membership to the EU
Turkish people feel European, Turkey is member of all European organisations
and in the process of membership negotiations with the European Union.
The challenge for both the EU and Turkey is now to transform Turkey’s
political, economic, social and cultural potential into assets for Europe’s future.
Click here for details.
Magazines
Privart
Privart, a unique art magazine, which might be of interest to Erasmus students,
contains articles concerning some excavations in Turkey. Although some articles are in
Turkish there are links to english texts and some interesting photographs of
archeological sites. Please tick..
Some Audiovisuals
“It all begins with a dream” The story behind the Yeditepe University
Campus
Yeditepe University Introductory Film
Photo Gallery
Yeditepe University Faculty of Law Film (in Turkish)
Istanbul from Helicopter(by Ferda and Sapori)
Some photos from Istanbul
Bosphorus (very high resolution)
A video of Istanbul
Ms. Leman Sam's song "ÇĐLĐNGĐR SOFRASI" in
Kandilli (Anatolian side of Bosphorus) . Whats the menu ? Fish,
roka, salat and rakı...
with a number of background photos of Bosphorus & Istanbul
Music and photos from Istanbul, the magnifiecent
Istanbul, Topkapı, Blue Mosque and other areas from air
Bosphorus Photos