Private Law is the most rapidly developing field of legal science in national and international arena. Especially in the last fifty years, important developments have been made in the fields of Law of Obligations, Commercial Law and atypical contracts law, Banking and Insurance Law, Consumer Law, Competition Law, Law of Banking in national law as well as in the international and transnational scale. This process of development and evolution continues. The main objective and characteristic of the Private Law PhD Program is to train qualified lawyers capable of carrying out detailed, in-depth and original monographic dissertations and research programs in scientific fields that can be described as “Private Law Sciences”. Through this training, young lawyers will be able to solve various legal problems with a contemporary and universal perspective in accordance with reason, logic, common sense and justice.

Period of Study

4 (four) Academic Years (8 Semesters) for those admitted with a master’s degree.
5 (five) Academic Years (10 Semesters) for those admitted with bachelor’s degree.

• The medium of instruction is Turkish.
• A total of 21 credit/hours is required for those admitted to the program with a master's degree.
• The course load of the program is 8 courses with 1 compulsory and 7 elective courses for the first two semesters for those admitted to the program with a master's degree.
• A total of 42 credit/hours is required for those admitted to the program with bachelor's degree.
• The course load of the program is 15 courses with 1 compulsory course and 14 elective courses for the first 4 semesters for those admitted to the program with bachelor's degree.
• In order to graduate, students must complete the proficiency exam, thesis proposal and thesis study in addition to the normal course load.
• The program is conducted on weekdays.
• To be a graduate of the Faculty of Law,
• To have a master’s degree in Law at any Social Sciences Institute (for applicants with a master’s degree)
• To enter ALES in the last five years and get a minimum score of 55 from the equally-weighted score type,
• To enter the ALES exam in the last two years and get a minimum score of 80 from the equally-weighted score type, and a score of 5,5 from Foreign Language (UDS or equivalent score) (for applicants with a bachelor's degree)

Program Opening Periods

Applications to the program are accepted twice a year in the Fall and Spring semesters.

Graduation Requirements:

In order to graduate from the Ph.D. program, at least one article must be published in a national or international peer-reviewed journal or accepted for publication, or the full text of at least one publication must be published in the proceedings of a national or international congress or accepted for publication before the submission of the dissertation. For detailed information...

(Starting from 2018-2019 Fall Semester)