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GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TÜRKİYE THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION

strategies for saving time and resources as well as for the elimination of potential
problems.

In this context, it is a very positive development that the Migration Policy Board, which
is required to meet at least once a year according to Article 105 of the Law on Foreigners
and International Protection that entered into force on April 11, 2013 but had not yet
met in 2016 when the preparations for this report were initiated, is expected to convene
4 times in 2017: February 15, April 26, November 16, and finally, December 28. 13

(Source: Anadolu News Agency)

On April 29, 2011, a 252-member group of Syrians entered our country, and since
that time all public institutions and organizations have faithfully fulfilled their duties.
With this report’s reassessment of the process management and proposals for holistic
policy proposals for the future, it is possible to achieve a high level of social acceptance,
which, though delicate, cannot be attained in any other country of the world, in spite
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of the fact that the cost of over 26 billion US dollars ” has been met almost entirely
by the Turkish population. In other words, the aim was to further develop the temporary

13 DGMM reports (accessed March 6, 2017) http://www.goc.gov.tr/icerik6/goc-politikalari-kurulu-ikinci-kez-
toplandi_350_361_10621_icerik (April 27, 2017); available from http://www.goc.gov.tr/icerik6/gocpolitikalari-
kurulu-toplandi_350_359_10409_icerik; (February 8, 2018); available from http://www.goc.gov.tr/icerik6/
goc-politikalari- kurulu-toplandi_350_359_11525_icerik.
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Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip, “Migration and Refugees,” speech presented at the International Ombudsman
Symposium, March 2-3, 2017. Available at https://www.ombudsman.gov.tr/contents/files/pdf/uluslararsi-
ombudsmanlik- sempozyumu-2017.pdf. date accessed: 20.08.2017, 62.

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