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GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TÜRKİYE THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION

Anatolian side of Istanbul province and the Association’s Refugee Community Center
and its annex building, which hosts a day care center for Syrian children, are also located
at this site and were included in the inspection.

In addition to all these studies, the Fourth International Ombudsman Symposium,
which was organized by the Ombudsman Institution and held on March 2-3, 2017 on
the subject of “Migration and Refugees,” also contributed to the formation of the report
as a study of the most up-to-date information on the subject.

The opening of the symposium on the main theme of “Migration and Refugees” was
held in the presidential complex with the participation of 55 Ombudsmen and deputy
Ombudsmen from 40 countries and the support and encouragement of President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Also at the symposium, the Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye,
Mr. Ahmet Aydin; the Prime Minister of the Republic of Türkiye, Mr. Binali Yildirim;
the President of the Constitutional Court, Prof. Dr. Zühtü Arslan; the Deputy Prime
Minister of the Court of Appeals, Mr. İsmail Rüştü Cirit; the current Deputy Prime
Minister, Mr. Numan Kurtulmuş; the Minister of Interior, Mr. Süleyman Soylu; the
Minister of Family and Social Policy, Ms. Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya; and the Chief
Ombudsman, Mr. Seref Malkoç delivered speeches on migration and refugee issues. 15

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The Ombudsman Institution, Republic of Türkiye. Fourth International Ombudsman Symposium Report
(accessed August 20, 2017); available from https://www.ombudsman.gov.tr/contents/files/pdf/uluslararsi-
ombudsmanlik-sempozyumu-2017.pdf.

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