The Department of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) within the Institute of Social Sciences has been operating since the 2018 2019 academic year. The program is based on a tripartite agreement with The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and the Department of Alternative Solutions of the Ministry of Justice. The Department of Alternative Dispute Resolution has courses based on Arbitration, Mediation, Expertise and Conciliation.

This department, in the Master`s Degree program in the Department of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) within Higher Education, is subject to third-phase degree system of ECTS credit of between 90- 120. Upon the successful completion and fulfillment of the requirements of the program, the Masters Degree is granted in the Field of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).

Second Cycle

1- To be graduated from the Faculty of Law or the four-year faculty (predominantly with the condition of having taken law courses). 2- Candidates should have the required score from the postgraduate education entrance exam (PEEE) valid for 5 years and the equiponderant score should be 55 the minimum. The PEEE score document and internationally accepted documents (GRE, GMAT etc.) are required for foreign students without any score clause. 3- PEEE 50% + UNDERGRADUATE SUCCESS AVARAGE 20% + WRITTEN/INTERVIEW 30% = Candidates are ranked according to the weighted total score that they have earned from the general assessment and students are admitted according to the quota starting with the candidate with the highest score (Minimum score of 65 must be obtained for a passing grade).

The provisions in “Regulation on Transfer among Associate and Undergraduate Degree Programs, Double Major, and Subspecialty and the Principals of Credit Transfer among Institutions in Higher Education Institutions” are applied.

The students who take 21 credit courses the least or 28 credit course the most out of the offered courses (Annually 24 credits for the course with a thesis), and who successfully complete the program by getting at least 70% out of 100%, and who successfully defend their thesis before a selected jury are granted the Master`s Degree.

The members of the department have devoted their selves to educate patriotic individuals who have global concerns, equipped with modern knowledge and culture; have abilities in communicating, researching, analyzing, coping with the problems, have leadership features, making research and have a duty to transfer the findings to the people in global standards. In this sense, the students are provided with the necessary abilities for their carrier plans both by compulsory and selective courses.