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THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE 2018 ANNUAL REPORT

The percentage of “Amicable Settlement” decisions as of 31 December 2018 has been 12,30%.
3.12 Case summaries

The following is a selection of summaries of individual cases as per different subject matters
dealt with by the relevant Ombudsmen in 2018:
a) Justice, National Defense and Security

Applications which are filed to our Institution relating to “justice” are generally about:

◊ prison conditions,
◊ management of prisons,

◊ attitudes and behaviors of prison staff,
◊ disciplinary punishments inflicted by the wardens,

◊ requests of transfer by the inmates to a prison which is located closer to their family,
◊ problems arising during contact or non-contact visits,
◊ health problems,

◊ conclusion of cases without delays,
◊ review of court decisions and motion for new trials,

◊ refusal of requests for experts,
◊ notarial procedures, debt or bankruptcy cases etc.

Applications relating to national defense, security and law enforcement activities include the
following:

◊ appointments of military officers or petty officers,

◊ deleting archive records,
◊ personal rights,

◊ promotion and rights to live in lodging building for civil and military personnel,
◊ recruitment for Turkish Armed Forces,

◊ conscientious objection,
◊ situation of military students of the military schools which were abolished as per a
Decree Law,
◊ denial of permit to possess a gun,

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