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THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE

international Ombudsman Associations and Networks, closely followed up their activi-
ties, and further increased its relations with these networks through phone calls, cor-
respondences as well as coming together at relevant meetings.
Our Institution attends meetings, trainings, seminars organized by the above-men-
tioned networks and associations. In this context, our Institution attended the follow-
ing events in 2019:
➢ European Network of Ombudsmen (ENO) Annual Meeting (Brussels, 08-09
April 2019)

➢ IOI Europe Workshop (Riga, 16-17 October 2019)
➢ Study visit of the AOM regarding migrant children’s rights (Ankara, 24-25
October 2019)
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➢ 4 Steering Committee Meeting of the OICOA (Istanbul, 17 November 2019)
➢ 16 General Assembly Meeting of the Asian Ombudsman Association (AOA)
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(Istanbul-18 November 2019)

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➢ 2 General Assembly Meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Ombudsman Association (OICOA) (Istanbul, 19 November 2019)
➢ Training on “The Own Initiative” hosted by the Institution of the Mediator of
the Kingdom of Morocco in collaboration with the Association of Mediterranean
Ombudsmen (AOM) (Rabat, 26-27 November 2019)

In addition, our Institution is in close cooperation with the European Network of
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Ombudsmen for Children (ENOC), and attended the 23 Annual Conference of
ENOC organised on 25-27 September 2019 in Belfast-Northern Ireland, UK.
5.4 VISITING FOREIGN DELEGATIONS

During the year, the Institution received a number of visitors and delegations from
mainly the foreign Ombudsman Institutions and National Human Rights Institutions,
international organizations, and representatives of diplomatic missions based in Türkiye.

Below is a short list of the individuals and delegations that visited our Institution in
2019:

• Delegation of the Commission for Protection against Discrimination of Bulgaria
(October 2019)
• A Working Group of the Association of Mediterranean Ombudsmen (AOM)
(October 2019)

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