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GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TÜRKİYE THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION

Again, today’s migration and asylum tragedies are due to planned attacks to a large
extent. The winners of the conflicts between countries and between societies are the
barons of war, while the victims of these attacks are vulnerable, innocent, civilians.

These people who have left their homeland to find their lost security and peace
are forced to take refuge in other countries where they live in exploitative and
dehumanizing circumstances. During their short days on earth, they are forced to
feel like lowly foreigners, like timid pigeons.

If desired, the world can be made a habitable place of peace and tranquility. However,
this is not possible because of the future plans of invading states, war barons, and
imperialist corporations, which depend on human suffering.

An exploitative system has been established in the world that serves the interests
of only 1% of the world’s population, that is, 75 million. This disgraceful situation
constitutes the greatest danger to the future of humanity.

20% of the world’s population is deprived of potable fresh water resources. According
to 2016 reports of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, more than 60 million
people are homeless due to reasons such as war and violence. This rate has exceeded
1.5 million in EU member countries.

In contrast, the world’s total gross national product has reached $77 trillion. The
largest share of this total production and income belongs to the USA and EU
member countries. Distribution is not at all fair. Muslim countries, which are rich
in underground and surface resources such as oil, make up 22% of the world’s
surface area and 23% of the world’s population but unfortunately only 10% of the
world’s gross national product.

Unfortunately, injustice and inequality are already institutionalized. That all people
could benefit from the earth’s resources equally and fairly is seen as an ideological
utopia. If those who exploit the earth’s resources surrender some of their rights, the
problems of humanity would cease to a great extent, and it will not be so difficult
to bring a more habitable world into life.

Today, according to recent numbers, more than 3.5 million of our Syrian brothers
and sisters are living in our country. In addition, hundreds of thousands of people
from the countries in our historical and cultural region are also looking for a future
in our country. We know that the level of discomfort about the presence of these
people increases during times of economic stress. But we should never forget that

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