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THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE 2018 ANNUAL REPORT

◊ Participation in the Regional Forum for Promoting the Implementation of Istanbul
Convention in the Western Balkans and Türkiye

The Ombudsman Ms. Özlem Tunçak attended as a panelist to the Regional
Forum organized by UN Women Europe & Central Asia Regional Office on 27-28
November 2018 in Skopje, Macedonia. Organized under the theme “Ending Violence
against Women in the Western Balkan countries and Türkiye: Implementing Norms,
Changing Minds, the Regional Forum hosted many representatives from public
organizations, and Civil Society Organizations as well as the academicians working
in the field of women’s human rights from the Balkan countries and Türkiye. As a
panelist for the Session 1: The 4Ps of the Istanbul Convention, Ombudsman Tunçak
delivered her opinions regarding ending violence against women, promoting gender
equality and non-discriminatory attitudes and behaviors, and comprehensive policies
on ending violence against women.

I) Public Personnel Regime

Applications received in the field of Public Personnel Regime are mostly about the following
subject matters:
◊ Disciplinary punishment and dismissal,

◊ Recruitment (including problems regarding not being appointed as civil servant,
limitations on vacancy, etc.),

◊ appointment, transfer and replacement,

◊ Appointment, transfer, assignment and replacement,
◊ Financial rights,

◊ Civil service exams (written exams and oral exams conducted by the public institutions),

◊ Promotion,

◊ Problems of contractual and temporary staff, Complaints regarding attitudes and
behaviors of public officials (including mobbing and ill-treatment), Other matters
regarding public officials, Cadre and/or positions, Social rights and benefits, Duties,
responsibilities and general rights, Personnel within the scope of privatization,
Personnel assessment etc.

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