Department of Private Law

Since the 2015-2016 academic year, under Atılım University Institute of Social Sciences, the graduate Master of Laws Programme under the name of “Private Law” is being given in order to construct a more intense, detailed and varied law education than the undergraduate education, for those who want to continue their works in one of the areas of private law. In this Programme, classes from the areas that comprise private law such as Civil Law, Commercial Law, Labor and Social Security Law, Private International Law, Civil Procedural Law are being lectured with the current body of law, including the most recent arguments and discussions in the field. Moreover, more specialised topics inside these areas of law such as trademark law, international jurisdiction of Turkish courts, law of employment contracts are being taught in order to have an insightful perspective. These classes allow graduate students to develop a better, more detailed and wider understanding of the point of views and arguments in the doctrine, as well as to do research, examine and write about those while enhancing their academic skills. A distinctive part of this Programme is that each class is elective besides compulsory Research Methods and Seminar classes. This grants students the opportunity to choose the area they want to work and specialize in and choose their classes according to that, freely. Therefore, students can personalize their education in the light of thaw interests in the vast field of work of private law that governs interpersonal relations.