OMBUDSMAN AND EUROPEAN UNION OMBUDSMAN

The ombudsman is an institution that is independent from the central administration and is regulated by law as a rule, and even stipulated by the constitution in many countries. ombudsman has three main characteristics. these; legality, independence and auditing feature. in this study, it is aimed to specifically examine the european union ombudsman in the context of the basic characteristics of the institution and to reveal the similarities and differences between the national ombudsman and the community ombudsman. within the framework of the current legislation, by evaluating the annual reports, it is of great importance to examine and reveal the latest point of the practice of ombudsman in the european union in terms of both the application issues and the approach to them, in terms of improving the ombudsman audit in every aspect and maintaining its vitality.