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THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE 2018 ANNUAL REPORT

newspapers. His book entitled “The New Constitution and The
Presidential System in 40 Questions” has been recently published.

He was appointed as a Chief Advisor to H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,
the President of Türkiye, on December 2015.

He was elected by the General Assembly of Grand National
Assembly of Türkiye as the Chief Ombudsman on 15 November 2016
and took his office on 5 December 2016.

He is married with 3 children.
Duties of the Chief Ombudsman

a) To examine and investigate the complaints lodged to the
Institution, and submit
recommendations to the administration accordingly;

b) To draft the regulations concerning the implementation of the
Ombudsman Law;

c) To prepare annual reports;
d) To prepare special reports on the matters requiring attention
without waiting for the
annual report;
e) To make the reports public;
f) To assign the Ombudsman who will act in his/her place in his/
her absence;
g) To arrange division of labor among Ombudsmen, with one of
the ombudsmen being
assigned to deal with women and child rights issues;

h) To appoint the Secretary-General and other staff members;
i) To perform other statutory duties.

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