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THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE

2.2 Ombudsman Mr. Yahya AKMAN

We left one more year behind under the pandemic conditions. The negative effects
of the pandemic on both societies and individuals are tried to be eliminated, to some
extent, in our country as well as in the world, through vaccination activities. In this
framework, it can be said that with the vaccination and domestic vaccine production
studies that started in our country in 2021, the pessimistic picture created by the
pandemic left its place to a more optimistic picture.

In this first year of our second term, we endeavoured to carry out our works with great
care for the protection and advancement of law and human rights. We focused on each
application in depth and tried to resolve the legal disputes between the administration
and the citizens as soon as possible. In addition, we continued the activities aimed
at raising recognition and awareness without slowing down by complying with the
COVID-19 measures.

Considering the applications concerning my field of duty, the number of applications
received from detainees or convicts housed in penal institutions draws attention,
as in previous years. Particularly, our Institution received a lot of transfer requests;
applications on prison conditions, attitudes and behaviours of prison administration
and staff, and problems experienced in open or closed visits; probation requests;

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