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GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TÜRKİYE THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION

symposium with the participation of more than 50 ombudsmen from 40 countries,
which took place in Ankara on March 2-3, 2017. Finally, we have completed our
project by capturing the resulting knowledge and experience accumulated during
the course of the study in the special report that we have prepared. Our special
report, called “Syrians in Türkiye,” includes the theoretical and historical background
of migration along with the legal framework for international protection, the
developments in the Syrian Arab Republic and our country’s approach to these
developments, the public services offered to Syrians under temporary protection,
and, based on all these evaluations, our final assessments of and recommendations
on these services.

I would like to mention that a large number of people have contributed to the
preparation of this work. I would like to thank to former Chief Ombudsman,
Mr. Nihat Ömeroğlu, Ombudsman Mr. Mehmet Elkatmiş, and Ms. Serpil Çakin
for their support and work during the preparation of this report. I am especially
grateful to the Chairperson of the Report Commission, Ombudsman Ms. Celile
Özlem Tunçak, and Ombudsman Coordinator Mr. Hüseyin Yürük for their efforts,
contributions, and guidance during the preparation of the report and during the
study. I would like to thank Turkish-German University Professor Murat Erdoğan,
who provided the general draft of the report and proofread it with academic eyes;
Ombudsman experts Çiğdem Alp, İbrahim Yücel Apiş, Hande Hazneci, Mehmet
Ali Küçükçavuş, and Mustafa Aydın Ertunç, who have prepared the report with
great care, and assistant experts Merve Üstün Mete and Hamza Günaydin, who
contributed to the report.

I hope the report can contribute to the quality of public services offered to Syrians
in Türkiye and will be beneficial for our public institutions and organizations, non-
governmental organizations, our academic community, and all others concerned.

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