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THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE 2018 ANNUAL REPORT

During these working visits, the Chief Ombudsman visited his counterparts with the aim
of strengthening the relations as well as exchanging experiences and best practices regarding
human rights.
4.4 Foreign Visitors

During the year, the Institution received a number of visitors and delegations from other
countries with a view to familiarizing themselves with the Institutions’ activities.

Below is a list of the individuals and delegations that visited the Institution in 2018;

◊ 10 January 2018, Chris Cooter, Ambassador of Canada to Türkiye
◊ 21 January 2018, Valérie Sorel, Minister-Counsellor and Consul of Canadian Embassy
to Türkiye
◊ 26 January 2018, Omar Alghabra, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Canada (Consular Affairs)

◊ 05 April 2018, Yves Cruchten, General Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of
the Council of Europe (PACE), and his delegation

◊ 26 April 2018, Meder Abakırov, Minister-Counsellor of the Embassy of the Kyrgyz
Republic to Türkiye, and Makhabat Turdumamatova from the Ombudsman Institution
of Kyrgyzstan

◊ 8 May 2018, Zoran Pasalic, the Protector of Citizens (Ombudsman) of the Republic
of Serbia, and his delegation
◊ 09 May 2018, Prof. Stefan Trechsel, Commissioner of the International Commission
of Jurists (ICJ), and his delegation
◊ 06 June 2018, Waleed A. Elkhereiji, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Türkiye

◊ 07 June 2018, a Delegation from the Election Observation Mission of OSCE
◊ 10 July 2018, Fiona Morrison, the Undersecretary for Migration, and Şirin Türkay,
Director of Migration Policies and Projects from the British Embassy to Türkiye
◊ 18 September 2018, a Delegation from the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on
Human Rights

◊ 18 September 2018, Anders Siegumfeldt, Undersecretary/Deputy Head of Mission,
and Katrine Thorup and Anna Nolsoe from the Embassy of Denmark to Türkiye

◊ 17 October 2018, Dunja Mijatovic, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the
Council of Europe
◊ 30 November 2018, Marjanne de Kwaasteniet, Ambassador of Netherlands to Türkiye

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