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THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE

the Present and the Future of the Ombudsman” held at the parliament hall, Chief
Ombudsman, Mr. Şeref Malkoç summarised the historical roots of the Ombudsman
Institution as well as its constitutional basis noting that the Ombudsman Institution
represents vulnerable groups such as children, women, the disabled and the elderly in
terms of seeking legal remedies and justice. Mr. Malkoç also stated that the Ombudsman
Institution has achieved much in a short time of six years and that the number of
applications filed to the Institution has increased whereas the rate of compliance of
administrations with the recommendations has increased to 70% from 20%, which
demonstrates that there has been extraordinary progress.

Workshop on Religious Education and İLİTAM (31 January 2019)

The Ombudsman Institution organised the “Workshop on Religious Education and
the License Completion Program of Theology (İLİTAM)” on 31 January 2019 in
order to promote the program İLİTAM, to facilitate its requirements and to make more
people benefit from the program, as well as to facilitate decision making on complaint
applications filed to the Institution regarding İLİTAM and religious education.

Animal Rights Workshop (24 January 2019)

When the complaints received by our Institution were examined, it was understood
that a righteous balance was required between the protection of human rights and
animal-friendly people living in peace and security, and it has been understood that

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