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THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE

Case Summary

The applicant child states that he/she resides in the Child Support Center, will come
of age in 3 months but he/she has nowhere to go, for this reason requested a job or
extension of the protection order, he/she also requested that his request be forwarded to
the Provincial Directorate of Family, Labor and Social Services. As a result of discussions
and examinations on the subject, it was determined by the administration that the child
who applied was of age on 10.03.2021 and that he/she made such a request in order to
continue to stay in the institution after this date, and the child's (individual) protection
order under the Child Protection Law No. 5395 was extended. It is stated that the
applicant child will continue to stay in the institution, since it is understood that
the applicant's request has been fulfilled by the administration, Amicable Settlement
Decision was made on the application.

Case Summary

In the application made on the OI children's page, the child made an application using
the term "racism". During the meeting with the applicant child's father, father said that
child has psychological problems, having difficulty to express himself/herself, that she/
he could not get enough support from his/her class teacher, since he stated that his child
had difficulties in communicating with her/his friends and teachers, it was decided that
the child who applied should be assisted in the follow-up of the school guidance unit.

In particular, the family's need for social and economic support, determining the child's
educational and psychological support needs by professionals, clarifying the bottlenecks
in the system within the scope of the family's right to access health, education and social
assistance services, in accordance with the Child Protection Law No. 5395; determining
whether there is a need for a health injunction (precautionary decision) about the child
and making the application to the Ministry of Family and Social Services, in addition,
on the father's claims about the school, the school administration and the guidance unit
for the integration of the child into the education system, socialisation, strengthening
the preventive mechanism in the solution process for the search for psychological
support and one-to-one follow-up of the student, it was decided to send the application
to the relevant Provincial Directorate of National Education. In the response letter
received from the administration, it was reported that the case was being followed
closely and professional meetings were started with the child's family and himself.
Case Summary

The applicant child requested computer or tablet support, stating that his elder sister
also attending to the online class, the class schedules overlapped, he had difficulty in
following the online classes, and could not go to school due to his chronic illness.

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