HUK335

School of Law \ Law

2

3

Elective

Turkish

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Law

This course covers key concepts in consumer law, including consumer, goods, services, seller, provider, and producer. Additionally, it examines unfair terms, liability for defective goods, distance contracts, consumer credit, and other essential topics regulated under the Law on the Protection of Consumers.

1. Mustafa Alper Gümüş: 6502 Sayılı Tüketicinin Korunması Hakkında Kanun Şerhi, Cilt:1 (Madde:1-46).
2. Şebnem Akipek Öcal/İlhan Kara: Tüketici Hukuku Dersleri.
3. M. Akif Tutumlu/Özge Tutumlu: Tüketicinin Korunması Hakkında Kanun Şerhi.
4.Betül Tiryaki Özlük: Tüketicinin Korunması Hukuku Açısından Ayıplı Hizmetten Doğan Sorumluluk.
5. İ. Yılmaz Aslan: Tüketici Hukuku.
6. Yahya Deryal/Yakup Korkmaz: Yeni Tüketici Hukuku Ders Kitabı.
7. Ahmet Karakocalı/Ali Suphi Kurşun: Tüketici Hukuku.
8. Çağlar Özel: Tüketicinin Korunması Hukuku.
9. Murat Aydoğdu/Nalan Kahveci: Tüketici Hukuku Dersleri.
10. Ebru Ceylan: 6502 Sayılı Yeni Tüketicinin Korunması Hakkında Kanunun Getirdiği Düzenlemeler.

The objective of this course is to introduce students to the fundamental concepts and institutions of consumer law and to provide them with a comprehensive understanding of consumer rights and obligations under the Law on the Protection of Consumers.

1. Understand the historical development of consumer law at national and international levels, recognize the fundamental sources of consumer law, and comprehend the underlying purpose of consumer protection regulations.
2. Identify and evaluate preventive and protective measures for consumer protection.
3. Explain key concepts such as consumer, seller, provider, producer, importer, credit institutions, goods, and services, and analyze the legal relationships between these entities.
4. Define defective goods and services and distinguish between different types of defects. Explain the conditions of liability for defective goods and services, the consumer’s rights, and available legal remedies.
5. Describe consumer transactions, consumer contracts, and their characteristics and types under the Law on the Protection of Consumers.
6. Explain concepts such as e-consumer, e-contract, and e-consumer contracts, and identify the elements of distance contracts. Analyze legal regulations on consumer transactions in the digital environment and evaluate the impact of information technologies on such contracts, developing legal solutions for consumer protection in the digital sphere.
7. Define the concept of unfair terms and assess the legal consequences of unfair terms in consumer contracts.
8. Evaluate prohibited and non-prohibited advertisements and their effects on consumers. Analyze the functioning of the Advertising Board and its supervisory mechanisms, and demonstrate knowledge of legal remedies available against unfair commercial practices and misleading advertisements.
9. Understand the characteristics of timeshare, long-term holiday services, and package tour contracts and the rights they provide to consumers.
10. Explain the structure and functioning of consumer arbitration boards and consumer courts and their role in resolving consumer disputes. Evaluate legal mechanisms for resolving consumer disputes and demonstrate the ability to assert consumer rights before judicial and relevant institutions.

Week 1: Introduction to Consumer Law, Historical development of consumer law, Development in foreign countries and Turkey, Purpose of consumer protection, Sources of consumer law
Week 2: Methods of Consumer Protection, Preventive methods, Protective methods
Week 3: Fundamental Concepts in Consumer Protection, Consumer definition, Natural or legal persons acting for non-commercial and non-professional purposes, Seller, provider, producer, importer, credit institutions
Week 4: Concept of Goods in Consumer Transactions, Definition and types of goods
Week 5: Concept of Services in Consumer Law, Definition and types of services, Scope of the Law on the Protection of Consumers, Consumer transactions and practices targeting consumers
Week 6: Defective Goods and Services, Seller and provider liability for defective products and services, Consumer rights in cases of defective goods and services
Week 7: E-Consumer and Distance Contracts, E-consumer, e-contract, and e-consumer contract concepts, Elements of distance contracts, Protective provisions specific to distance contracts, Contracts concluded outside the business premises
Week 8: Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts, Definition and elements of unfair terms
Week 9: Advertising Regulations in Consumer Law, Prohibited advertisements, Permissible advertisements, The Advertising Board and its functions
Week 10: Installment Sale Agreements and Consumer Credit, Installment sales contracts, Consumer credit and credit card agreements
Week 11: Timeshare, Long-Term Holiday Service, and Package Tour Agreements, Characteristics and consumer rights related to these contracts
Week 12: Consumer Dispute Resolution Mechanisms, Consumer arbitration committees, Consumer courts

• Midterm 40 %
• Final 60 %