{{Short description|Turkish institution}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox government agency | name = Ombudsman Institution | native_name = Kamu Denetçiliği Kurumu | type = | logo = Logo of Ombudsman Institution of Turkey.png | logo_size = | logo_caption = Logo | logo_alt = | image = Ombudsman Institution in Turkey.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = The building where the institution is located | image_alt = | formed = {{Start date and age|2012|05|29|df=y}} | agency_type = | jurisdiction = Grand National Assembly of Turkey | status = | headquarters = Çankaya, Ankara | coordinates = {{Coord|39|54|4.68|N|32|51|26.42|E|display=inline,title}} | motto = | employees = | budget = 20.322.000,00 ₺ | minister_type = Chief Ombudsperson | minister1_name = Mehmet Akarca | deputyminister_type = Ombudspeople | deputyminister1_name = Ertunç Erkan Balta | deputyminister2_name = Fatma Benli Yalçın | deputyminister3_name = Sadettin Kalkan | deputyminister4_name = Abdullah Cengiz Makas | deputyminister5_name = Özcan Yıldız | deputyminister6_name = | deputyminister7_name = | deputyminister8_name = | chief1_name = | chief1_position = | website = {{URL|ombudsman.gov.tr}} | footnotes = | embed = }}
The '''Ombudsman Institution''' ({{langx|tr|Kamu Denetçiliği Kurumu}}) is a Turkish institution that examines and investigates complaints and submits recommendations about the conformity of the activities of the Government of Turkey with law and fairness with respect to human rights. The institution is independent of the government and answers to the Parliament alone. The Ombudsman Institution evaluates complaints from both individuals and legal entities; foreign nationals may also lodge complaints.<ref name="OHCHR">{{cite web |title=The Ombudsman Institution of Turkey and its role in ensuring access to justice for the right to housing and property |url=https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Housing/Justice/OmbudsmanInstitutionTurkey.pdf |website=Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Duran |first1=Hazal |title=Turkey Seeks for an Effective Public Dispute Resolution Mechanism |url=https://politicstoday.org/turkey-seeks-for-an-effective-public-dispute-resolution-mechanism/ |access-date=12 May 2021 |work=Politics Today |date=18 February 2019}}</ref>
Its functioning is regulated by article 74 of the Constitution of Turkey and by parliamentary bill number 6328 14 June 2012.<ref>{{cite news |title=Factbox: Turkey's constitutional amendments |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-referendum-articles-idUSTRE68B28B20100912 |access-date=4 May 2021 |work=Reuters |date=12 September 2010}}</ref> The office is accredited as Turkey's national human rights institution.
==History== The Ombudsman Institution (OI) was created following the 2010 Turkish constitutional referendum, in which articles about appealing to an ombudsman were adopted.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Collinsworth |first1=Didem Akyel |title=The way ahead after Turkey's constitutional referendum |url=https://www.crisisgroup.org/europe-central-asia/western-europemediterranean/turkey/way-ahead-after-turkeys-constitutional-referendum |access-date=4 May 2021 |work=Crisis Group |date=27 October 2010}}</ref>
In 2014, the OI, together with UNICEF, created a website for children to report violations of children's rights.<ref name="UNICEF">{{cite news |title=The Ombudsman Institution will protect children's rights together with children. |url=https://www.unicef.org/turkey/en/press-releases/ombudsman-institution-will-protect-childrens-rights-together-children |access-date=12 May 2021 |work=UNICEF |date=22 April 2014}}</ref>
==International== The OI is a voting member of the International Ombudsman Institute.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Ombudsman Institution of the Republic of Turkey |url=https://www.theioi.org/ioi-members/europe/turkey/kamu-denetciligi-kurumu-the-ombudsman-institution-of-the-republic-of-turkey |website=www.theioi.org |publisher=International Ombudsman Institute |access-date=12 May 2021 |language=de}}</ref>
==List of chief ombudsmen== {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. !! Portrait !! Name !! Took office !! Left office |- | 1 || || Mehmet Nihat Ömeroğlu || 5 December 2012 || 5 December 2016 |- | 2 || 70px || Şeref Malkoç || 5 December 2016 || 9 December 2024 |- | 3 || || Mehmet Akarca || 9 December 2024 || '''present'''
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==External links== * {{official website|ombudsman.gov.tr}}
Turkey Category:Human rights in Turkey Category:Politics of Turkey Category:Human rights organizations based in Turkey Category:2012 establishments in Turkey