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THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE

Visit of the Sub-Committee on the Rights of the Child of the Grand National
Assembly of Türkiye to the Ombudsman Institution

The chairperson and deputy members of the Sub-Committee on the Rights of the
Child consisting of the members of Committee on Human Rights Inquiry of the Grand
th
National Assembly of Türkiye visited the Ombudsman Institution on 28 November
2019.
Welcomed by the Chief Ombudsman Şeref Malkoç, the Ombudsman Celile Özlem
Tunçak, the Secretary General İbrahim Kılınç and the experts, the delegation,
comprising the chairperson of the sub-committee Radiye Sezer Katırcıoğlu, Deputy of
Çorum Erol Kavuncu, Deputy of Afyon İbrahim Yurdunuseven, Deputy of Eskişehir
Metin Nurullah Sazak and the Deputy of Balıkesir Pakize Mutluaydemir, collected
information on the works of the Institution relating to children.

EDUCATION, YOUTH AND SPORTS

Applications in the field of education, youth and sports were mostly about the following
sub-headings: “Exams and related practices; transactions, acts and actions concerning
students; matters regarding higher education services, problems of teachers relating to
education & training; works for the disadvantaged youth; other matters relating to
the services provided in the field of education, youth and sports”. The majority of the
complaint applications in the field of the above-mentioned sub-headings are as follows:

The security measures taken by Exam Authorities such as Student Selection and
Placement Centre (OSYM), Ministry of National Education, and Open Education
Faculty; fee for application to the examination of OSYM and problems occurring
regarding the online payment system of the relative fee; implementation of the system
of “losing a quarter point for each incorrect answer (keeping random guessing from
increasing the score) in mid-term, final and make-up examinations and the system of
retaking 3 failed courses conducted by the Open Education Faculties of the Universities;
objections to the examination to become certified public accountants conducted by the
Union of Chambers of Certified Public Accountants of Türkiye; the objections to the
declaration of the exams as null and void and results of the exams conducted by OSYM.

Applications on transactions, acts and actions concerning students mainly concentrate
on lateral/vertical transfers and failed transfer of courses as a result thereof; summer
school and make-up examination, loss of KYK scholarship, change of the scholarship
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into a credit, reimbursement procedures of scholarships/credits.

9 The scholarship of the General Directorate of Credit and Dormitories Agency

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