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THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE

Project on Improving the Effectiveness of the Administrative Judiciary and
Strengthening the Institutional Capacity of the Council of State in Türkiye

The final beneficiary of the “Project on Improving the Effectiveness of the
Administrative Judiciary and Strengthening the Institutional Capacity of the
Council of State” implemented by the Council of Europe is the Ministry of Justice
while one of the target groups is the Ombudsman Institution. The project aims at
fostering public confidence in the administrative judiciary by further strengthening
its independence, impartiality and effectiveness, and increasing public awareness.

The Ombudsman Institution
attends the Steering committee
meetings and activities of the
Project. Within the Project,
in 2021, four consultation
meetings were held on
strengthening the role of the
Ombudsman Institution.

Within the scope of this project,
four different reports were
published. Firstly, the report on “Protection, Promotion and Development of the
Ombudsman Institution” prepared by the Council of Europe in September 2019 was
translated into Turkish and published. The second published report is a comparative
report on European Standards and Practices. The third report is Recommendations of
Action for Strengthening the Role of the Ombudsman Institution of Türkiye while the
fourth and the last report is Guidelines for the Ombudsman and Public Authorities.

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