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GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TÜRKİYE THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION

are temporary and guest care services, daycare services, home care support services,
community support services, residential care services, and special care center services.

In this context, applications by the foreign nationals (including Syrian nationals) for
disabled and elderly people in need of institutional care are transmitted by the Provincial
Directorates of Family and Social Policies to the MFSP Directorate General of
Disabled and Elderly Services. In cases where individuals are in need of legal assistance,
Regulation No. 27691 on Care, Rehabilitation, and Family Counseling Services for
the Disabled, dated September 3, 2010, entitles Syrian persons with disabilities to all
the institutional services that Turkish citizens enjoy during their residence in Türkiye.
In addition, if requested, it will be possible to obtain home care services provided by
MFSP within the scope of Regulation No. 29878 dated November 4, 2016 on the
Institutional Care Services on the basis of the Regulation on Personal Care Centers
for Persons with Disabilities and the Determination and Maintenance Services of the
Disabled Persons with Disabilities Act No. 26244 dated July 30, 2006.

In this context, applications of the foreign nationals (including Syrian nationals) to the
institutional care of the disabled and elderly people with disabilities are transmitted
by the Provincial Directorates of Family and Social Policies to the MFSP General
Directorate of Handicapped and Elderly Services. In the case of disadvantaged persons
with disabilities who are in need of legal assistance from Syria in the scope of the 27691
numbered and 03.09.2010 dated Regulation on the Care, Rehabilitation and Family
Counseling Services, they are entitled to all the institutional services that Turkish citizens
enjoy in the case of relocating to the disabled care centers during their residence permit.
In addition that, if requested, it will be possible to apply the home care service provided
by MFSP within the scope of the 29878 numbered and 04.11.2016 dated Regulation
on the Institutional Care Services on the basis of the Regulation on Personal Care
Centers for Persons with Disabilities and the Determination and Maintenance Services
of the Disabled Persons with Disabilities Act No. 26244 dated 30.07.2006.

XIV. Religious Services

The Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), which is one of the most important
institutions of Türkiye, has been involved in the process from the beginning of the
crisis and has undertaken important functions. Diyanet is involved in the provision
of religious services both inside and outside of camps as well as multifaceted social
support projects. The Religious Foundation of Türkiye, which has been authorized as
the fundraising network, plays an important role in Diyanet’s work across Türkiye. The

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