Hasan Kalyoncu University (HKU) Senatus Law Student Club organised the ‘Parliament Simulation’ event so that the legislative process carried out in the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (TBMM) could be re-enacted and experienced. The opening of the ‘Parliament Simulation’ event, in which HKU Faculty of Law students serve as ‘representative MPs’ and debate mock bills, was attended by Gaziantep MPs Derya Bakbak and Ali Muhittin Taşdoğan, Acting Mayor of Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality Osman Toprak, President of Gaziantep Regional Administrative Court Mehmet Metin Kahraman, President of Gaziantep Regional Court of Appeal Yusuf Kaya, Chief Public Prosecutor of Gaziantep Regional Court of Appeal Mustafa Kemal Çokdinç, Advisor to the Chairman of the HKU Board of Trustees Dr. Songül Kalyoncu, Gülden Gül, wife of the Governor of Gaziantep, Davut Gül, as well as students and faculty members.
HKU FACULTY OF LAW HAS UNDERTAKEN VERY IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES SINCE ITS FOUNDATION
In his speech at the opening, Dean of the HKU Faculty of Law Prof. Dr. Enver Bozkurt, underlining that law faculties should not be places where only theoretical knowledge is taught, said, “To this end, we continue our work to adapt our students to working life, both through moot court competitions and simulation activities. As the Faculty of Law, we want to differentiate ourselves. The Hasan Kalyoncu University Faculty of Law has undertaken very important activities since its foundation. The ‘Parliament Simulation’ is also a first in our region.”
THIS EVENT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO STUDENTS’ PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Lecturer Hilal Kalyoncu Koç, Honorary Advisor of the Senatus Law Student Club, stating that thanks to this event, held for the first time in the region, students can take part in legislative activities in practice and that it can contribute to both their professional and personal development, said, “At a time when the age of eligibility to be elected as an MP has been lowered to 18, we want to see our students, who have acquired a sense of law, in Turkish political life in the future as well.”
Yusuf Çağatayhan, Founding President of the Senatus Law Student Club, stated that they prepared for the ‘Parliament Simulation’ event with a team of 42 people in 3 committees, namely social media, executive, organisation and law committees, that during the event they would experience the spirit of democracy, law, the parliamentary environment, negotiation, debate and consensus, among many other important matters, and thanked the university management for its support.
After the speeches, the representative MP oath of the 1st Legislative Year, 1st Legislative Term and the presentation of credentials were symbolically carried out. The ‘Parliament Simulation’ event, in which seven bills will be discussed and which consists of five groups, namely Republicans, Centre Right, Nationalists, Socialists and Greens, will continue for six days.
