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THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE

10. RELATIONS WITH THE GRAND NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY OF TÜRKİYE

10.1 Meetings for 2021 Annual Report

The 2021 Annual Report, which explains the working
methods of the Ombudsman Institution, the activities
it carried out, the qualifications and statistics of
applications, relations with citizens, public institutions
and organizations and the Grand National Assembly
of Türkiye, case summaries, and the contributions
made by the Ombudsman Institution to the
administrative system during the year, was submitted
by the Ombudsman delegation consisting of Chief
Ombudsman Mr. Şeref Malkoç, Ombudsmen Mr.
Yahya Akman, Mr. Arif Dülger, Mr. Sadettin Kalkan
and Ms. C. Özlem Tunçak and the Secretary General Mr. Mehmet Sarı on 16 February
2022 to the Joint Commission, chaired by Ms. Mihrimah Belma Satır.
In his presentation to the commission, Chief Ombudsman Mr. Şeref Malkoç stated
that the Ombudsman Institution received 18,843 applications in 2021 and that
the Ombudsman Institution guided and provided legal remedies to 125,028 people
who lodged an application and contacted to the Institution by phone, mail or other
means. Mentioning the efforts of the Ombudsman Institution to spread the culture of
seeking legal remedies, Mr. Malkoç stated that the Ombudsman Institution established
Ombudsman clubs in 110 universities, and that the Institution continued its activities
online during the pandemic, and he also stated that the Institution carried out 21
activities in 2021 for women, children and persons with disabilities.
At the meeting, the members of the commission also expressed their opinions
regarding the annual report. In the last part of the meeting, it was determined that
the 2021 Annual Report of the Ombudsman Institution should be discussed in
detail in the sub-commission. In addition, the administrations that do not comply
with the recommendations should be called to the sub-commission to be listened,
and the administrations and directors who are responsive about complying with the
recommendations should be called to the sub-commission to be congragulated.

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