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THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE

the applicant worked; in addition, as an alternative solution, if the province where
the applicant worked and the list of provinces on the same level where he could be
appointed were informed, the option to appoint the applicant to one of these provinces
could be considered. The Ombudsman Institution requested information on the
province where the applicant worked and the list of provinces on the same level where
he could be appointed and requested amicable settlement from the institution where
the applicant currently worked and information and documents from the Directorate
General of Land Registry and Cadastre. Upon the response letter submitted to our
Institution, which informed that the wife of the applicant was appointed to the regional
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directorate in the province where the applicant worked, Amicable Settlement Decision
was made.
PROTECTION OF FAMILY

In 2019, the Ombudsman Institution prepared a “Special Report on Violation of
Rights in Handover of Children and Alimony”, which includes the steps that can be
taken additionally to the recommendations by the Ombudsman Institution, with a
view to aligning current practices of our country with the national and international
legislation and to preventing violation of rights. This Special Report comprises subjects
that are relevant to or supportive of the institution of the family and analyses and
findings relevant to the processes of separation and divorce and handover of children.

With “Judicial Reform Strategy Document”, published by the Ministry of Justice during
the process of the preparation of the Special Report, works that were in line with the
above-mentioned findings and suggestions, also included in many recommendations,
were started. In the Strategy Document, “removal of practices aggravating the disputes
during the judicial resolution of disputes arising from family law” was determined as an
aim.
Moreover, due to the complaints lodged to the Ombudsman Institution relevant to
the alimony payment system coming to the fore in conjunction with the problems
occurring during the implementation of the Law no.6284 and with the work towards
preventing the violence against women, findings and suggestions about the issue in
question were included in the aforementioned special report.

Within the scope of the report, requests for introducing a time restriction to the alimony
payment and contradictory opinions thereto were examined in the light of relative
legislation. This report underlines not only the importance of the alimony payment
for the women, who have to terminate their marriages and have not benefitted from
education and employment opportunities, but also draws attention to the situations
where this right has been abused.

2 Amicable Settlement Decision dated 28/02/2019 on the application no. 2019/48

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