On 17 February 2025, Chief Ombudsman Mr. Mehmet Akarca met with the members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Ombudsman Association (OICOA) Board of Directors, of which he holds the Presidency, in an online meeting.
Details...On 23 January 2025, the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) of Qatar, Ms. Maryam bint Abdullah Al-Attiyah, and her accompanying delegation paid a visit to the Chief Ombudsman of Türkiye, Mr. Mehmet Akarca.
2020 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF TÜRKİYE NOW AVAILABLE
We are pleased to share with you the abridged English version of the 2020 Annual Report of the Ombudsman Institution of the Republic of Türkiye. The original Annual Report is 582 pages long.
The year 2020 has been a very challenging year for all countries in the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In these difficult times, the Ombudsman Institution of Türkiye continued its works without any interruption and received significant number of applications which reached 90,209. The total number of complaints since the establishment of the Institution has reached 170.744. And the number of decisions issued in 2020 is 91,100.
The number of cases resolved through amicable settlement is 2.867 in 2020. The compliance rate of the administrations with our Recommendations was 20% in 2013, whereas it increased to 76,38% in 2020.
In addition, 184,758 people were contacted via e-mail, telephone or face to face to provide them legal assistance, to guide them and to find a solution to their problems.
You may reach the Report at the Institution’s English website through the following link:
E-mail: iletisim@ombudsman.gov.tr (For general inquiries)
E-mail: turkiye@ombudsman.gov.tr (For international affairs)
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