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GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TÜRKİYE THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION

protection system created in response to the mass influx, taking into consideration the
current situation and possible future developments, in the framework of the findings and
suggestions to be given at the end of the report.

The preparation of this report by the constitutional institution, the KDK, can be
considered an effort to put forward a holistic picture of what is lacking in terms of
process management. In this context, since 2011, there has also been the opportunity to
carry out work that will cover all public institutions and all service areas. Thus, the KDK
has been involved in an effort to create a comprehensive picture of the issue, benefiting
from its close working relationship with all public institutions and organizations.
While this study reveals the extraordinary and extremely successful efforts of the public
institutions and the international community in the process on the one hand, on the
other hand, it attempts to be the national conscience and advocate to assess what needs
to be done in a coherent way.

Despite a long and careful research and consultation period, this report does not claim
to contain all of the work undertaken by many institutions over approximately 7 years
for our country, our society, and all of humanity. It is beyond the scope of such a
report to refer to all of the numerous efforts that each institution, governmental or non-
governmental, has undertaken.
In this way, we owe our gratitude to all the institutions and employees contributing
to the process through the rights and the human-based approach in the name of
humanity; the KDK is based on respect for the fundamental rights of each individual,
independent of nationality, religion, or culture and will continue to strive for a peaceful
and prosperous Türkiye.
III. METHODS USED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE REPORT

This special report, “Syrians in Türkiye,” to which the Ombudsman Institution of the
Republic of Türkiye gives great importance, was prepared as a result of long-term, detailed
preparations made at technical meetings held in Ankara, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş,
and Kilis provinces. Many central and provincial senior managers of Turkish and Syrian
non-governmental organizations working in this issue participated;

by the negotiations held with the municipalities, bar associations, trade associations,
non-governmental organizations, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Türkiye representative
offices of international organizations; by the NGO meetings with wide participations
that were held in Ankara, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, and Kilis provinces participated

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