59 Turkey The office is competent to investigate complaints against the Turkish Gendarmerie as well as the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK). Public Monitoring Institution (KDK) – established in 2013. Currently have approximately 60 staff officers. Otherwise known as the Ombudsman and is appointed on 4 year cycles. Macedonia elects and revokes the Ombudsman and his deputies with a majority vote of the total number of MPs, whereby there has to be a majority of votes from the total number of MPs who belong to the non-majority communities in the Republic of Macedonia. The Ombudsman's Office is a public institution that analyzes the conduct of administrative practice or operation (such as operations conducted by local administrations, state economic enterprises, etc.) upon receipt of a complaint body, executive nor judicial authority and neither is it a state prosecutor nor inspection organization. The KDK can audit the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in many areas except in cases of war, military exercises and counter-terrorism. The Ombudsman's Office will review individual complaints based on the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the constitutional articles. The case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is an important guideline in their reviews because Turkey is a party to the ECHR. self-government units and the public institutions and agencies The law does not allow the KDK to launch an investigation on their own initiative. They cannot act automatically to investigate the violation of interest between the administration and the individual. Individuals must submit a petition to them in which they complain about the violation between the administration and themselves. Law number 6328 withholding of the right to defence in police proceedings; violations in the procedures for temporary seizures; violations in the procedures for issuing of personal documents, travel documents; mishandling of criminal charges filed by citizens; violation and delay of procedures for the registration of motor vehicles; violations of the rights of the convicted and detained persons in the correctional and penitentiary institutions and other institutions with the restricted freedom of movement.

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