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My area of specialization is Ombudsman and relations with public
administration. I would like to underline two dimensions here. To
do that, I will point at a terminology issue. Though Ombudsman of
Turkey is called `public sector auditing`, no term of auditing is used
in the legislation. Though it derived from the term of `auditing`, this
organization prefers to use the term of Ombudsman and both on
its website and many publications, this organization is called as the
Ombudsman Institution.

For example, in our constitution, actions to be taken a public
organization are regulated by law and `review` is used as a tool
with this end. In law, there is a mission of investigation, review and
generation of recommendations.
Hence, departing from this status of the legislation in the country,
I would like to point at something. Nonetheless, is it the right thing
to define the relations between the public administration and the
ombudsman, denoting tension? I would like to refer to the fact that
the countries that started Ombudsman institutions earlier than other
countries, there is no fierce debate on auditing shortcoming.
I will present the dimensions of this relationship by quoting examples
from the recommendations by the Ombudsman of Turkey.
Let me introduce my personal impressions and would like to hear
your evaluation, too. I would like to express that the relationship
between the public sector organizations and the ombudsman is not
posited upon `the auditor` and `the audited`. Rather than auditing,
it is preventing public administrations or organizations from ill-doings,
wrong actions, ill-treatment and behavior, helping them to identify
problems and enabling them to eliminate their mistakes. Likewise, we
can explain the reason behind the suspension of the duration to file
a lawsuit.

Technically, it should be interpreted within the framework of
suspension generated by a relationship on auditing. For this reason, I
would like to highlight two dimensions for a better evaluation.
First of all, the phenomenon of Ombudsman is a means to contribute
in contribution with the public sector to the making, change and
development of administrative law. Administrative law has evolved so
far with the contributions of the judgements and provided uniqueness

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