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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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