Ombudsman institutions: A comperative study on practices in eu member states and Turkey and suggestions

Effort so introduce an Ombudsman system in Turkey remained inconclusive until 2010. Upon referendum held in 2010, Art. 74 of the Constitution was amended so as to provide a mechanism for application to the ombudsman (government auditor). Upon this amendment to the constitution, the ombudsman institution, an institution that many countries adopted throughout the world, was introduced by Law on The Ombudsman Institution no. 6328. This study was prepared with the aim of emphasizing the important aspects of the Ombudsman Institution in light of researches conducted previously on the institution by touching on the methods of audit in our country, and this study is composed of 3 chapters. In the fırst chapter, the focus was on the basic concepts of public management and audit. In the second chapter, it was tried to give information about the features, authority and mission of Ombudsman. In the last Chapter, there searches on ombudsman institution was touched upon by mentioning the essentiality of it, institution and commissions similar to it, and The Law No. 6328 ombudsman institution was analyzed. In conclusion; introduction of an ombudsman institution in our country was considered as a positive event, necessary criticisms were made for more effective and efficient operation of the institution, and suggestions were made on it.