Istanbul Commerce University Faculty of Law

Coordinates: 41°03′37″N 28°57′01″E / 41.060214°N 28.950214°E

Istanbul Commerce University
Faculty of Law
(ICU Law)

İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi
Motto	Usus est magister optimus
Type	Private
Established	2001
Dean	Prof. Dr. Mustafa Erdoğan
Location	İstanbul, Turkey
Website	hukuk.ticaret.edu.tr (Turkish)

The Istanbul Commerce University Faculty of Law or ICU Law (Turkish: İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi or İTİCÜ Hukuk) is the law school of Istanbul Commerce University offering undergraduate and graduate programs, located in İstanbul, Turkey.

The faculty was established in 2001 as one of the first law schools in Turkey.^[1] Growing since, it is the third highest scores demanding private law school nationwide after Bilkent Law and TOBB Law as of 2011. ^[2]

Campus

Offering education in Eminönü Campus for eleven years from 2001 to 2012, the faculty moved to Sütlüce Campus in 2012. Law faculty in Sütlüce Campus was built specifically for law education as having moot courts, large amphitheaters, a library contains 124.000 publishing (electronic and paper) in total.

Profile

Pursuing the globalization and Turkey's accession to EU processes, faculty offers comprehensive International Law, International Commerce Law and European Union Law lectures, apart from the courses needed for internal law of Turkey.

Language of lectures in ICU Law is Turkish, while English is a compulsory lesson and Legal English is an elective course.

Faculty attaches great importance to moot court competition experiences. Hence, it encourages and funds its senior students to join moot court competitions such as Willem C. Vis and Philip C. Jessup in international level and Velidedeoğlu Kurgusal Duruşma Yarışması in national level.^[3]

Teaching staff

ICU Law's teaching staff is composed of eminent law scholars in Turkey. Here's the current list of full-time staff:^[A]

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Erdoğan Prof. Dr. Şükrü Yıldız Prof. Dr. Emin Zeytinoğlu Prof. Dr. Algun Çifter Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Hatemi Prof. Dr. Didem Algantürk Light Prof. Dr. Yücel Oğurlu Prof. Dr. Kayıhan İçel Prof. Dr. Zafer Gören

Assoc. Prof. Ayhan Ceylan Assoc. Prof. Muzaffer Şeker Assoc. Prof. Ömer Özkan Asst. Prof. Arif Barış Özbilen Asst. Prof. Ebru Şensöz Malkoç Asst. Prof. Abdulkadir Akıl Asst. Prof. Asuman Yılmaz Asst. Prof. Nagehan Kırkbeşoğlu

A. R. Zehra Badak A. R. Hasret Ak A. R. Ahmet Kalafat A. R. M. Buket Soygüt Arslan A. R. Uğur Dinç A. R. Muhammet Celal Kul A. R. İdris Kaydul A. R. Hüseyin Erkoç

Notes

• A ^ Please see full list of teaching staff here: ICU Law teaching staff (Turkish)

See also

• Istanbul Commerce University
• Turkish universities

External links

• Official website of faculty (Turkish)
• Official website of the university (Turkish)
• Official website of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce

References

1. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Erdoğan (2013). "Dean Mustafa Erdoğan's message". Commerce University. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
2. "Score chart of 2011 University entrance exams" (PDF). Student Selection and Placement Center. 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
3. "Nineteenth Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot 2011–2012 Registered Teams". Retrieved 1 April 2013.