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THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE

2.5. Ombudsman Mr. Sadettin KALKAN

With the Article 74 of the Constitution, which was amended by the Referendum on
12 September 2010, “Appeal to the Ombudsman” and “Ombudsman Institution”
took its place in the legal system of our country. Although it is widely stated that the
Ombudsman Institution first established in Sweden in 1713 and was established in the
European countries many years ago; it was seen during the Seljuk Empire period that
negotiation-based management used to ensure equitable, legal and fair management
and supervision was applied in the administrations.

Great Seljuk Vizier Nizâm’ul-Mulk who served as a vizier for 29 years during the
Seljuk Empire, in his book Seyasat-namah (Book of Government) written in Persian
about the period includes guidance information for rulers on governance, organization,
administration, social life, religious structure. He provided important information
about social, economic, religious and cultural aspects as well as the responsibilities
of the sultan, administrators, administration structure, understanding of the state,
functioning of bureaucracy. Nizâm’ul-Mulk who was an important scholar statesman
in the Seljuk Empire, gave advice to the ruler sovereign in the field of administration,
paying attention to justice among the people and these important points that should
be considered in fair state administration have also shown their effects in other Turkish-
Islamic States.

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