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THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE

As a result of the evaluations made on the application, it was decided to submit
a Recommendation to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of
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Health, Ministry of National Education, Ministry of Interior, Ankara Metropolitan
Municipality and Çankaya Municipality.

About the Request for Avoidance of Looking in the Bags of the Visitors, of Causing
Uneasiness and for Respect for Visitors at the Entrance to the Cable Car Facilities
The applicant stated that at the entrance to İzmir Cable Car Facility, private security
officers made visitors open their bags to look in even after passing through x-ray
scanner and that the applicant applied to the administration on this issue. The
applicant claimed that in the response letter of the administration, it was stated that
“the obligation to comply with the security measures is in line with the decision of allowing
visitors to enter our facility” and that he applicant did not accept the search for bags
by being treated as suspects when entering the facility for a picnic and the applicant
requested development of more humane, ethical and legal methods in order to prevent
letting food & beverages in the facility, avoidance of search of bags and of causing
uneasiness, and more respectful and courteous attitudes towards visitors.

As a result of relevant examination and investigation, it was concluded to submit a
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Decision of Refusal on the request of the applicant since it was evaluated that hand
held metal detectors and walkthrough metal detectors could be employed to determine
whether there were any articles that would endanger the security at the entrance to
the Cable Car Facilities, that the security offers could have visitors open their bags as
there was not an X-ray scanner, that the measure in question did not conflict with the
principle of proportionality in terms of ensuring public security; therefore, it was lawful.
RIGHT TO PROPERTY

Regarding the “Right to Property”, the Ombudsman Institution of Türkiye receives
applications concerning the following subject matters: Immovable properties of which
citizens claim ownership, but which are classified as forest, meadow etc. and passed
into the ownership of the Treasury; applications claiming that the public authority
seizes the privately-owned immovable without expropriation; applications concerning
the unpaid expropriation prices despite court decisions; applications by citizens who
purchase immovable from construction companies, being appointed trustees of Savings
Deposit Insurance Fund, requests for the immovable to be handed over to applicants;
and applications fleeting to mesne profits made by the administrations.

In addition, citizens file complaints with the claim that their right to property is restricted
through expropriation of immovable properties based on the zoning programmes along
with absence of any activity for expropriation, with the request for payment for the

21 Recommendation dated 29/01/2019 on the application no. 2018/9733
22 Decision of Refusal dated 19/03/2019 on the application no. 2018/11558

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