Principles on the Implementation of the Right to Information Law

Directive on Principles and Procedures regarding Application of Right to Information Act

 

CHAPTER ONE
Objective, Scope and Definitions
Objective
Clause 1- Objective of this regulation is to set out principles and procedures regarding application of 9/10/2003 dated and 4982 numbered Right to Information Act in regard to use of right to information by real and legal entities.
 

Scope
Clause 2- This regulation is applied in activities of all public institutions and authorities founded under the titles of institute, enterprise, entity, fund and etc. as well as occupational organizations acting as public institution, including  public administrations within central administration and establishments affiliated / related to or in relation with these institutions, local administrations with the exception of villages and their affiliated or relevant institutions as well as unions or companies, T.R. Central Bank, Istanbul Stock Exchange (IMKB) and universities. 
 

Legal Basis
Clause 3- This regulation is drawn up pursuant to 9/10/2003 dated and 4982 numbered Right to Information Act, Clause 31.

 

Definitions
Clause 4- Following expressions mentioned in this regulation have the corresponding meanings;

1. Company and Institution mean all offices and authorities, who are mentioned in Clause 2, involve in the scope and to whom application for information will be made.
2. Applicant means real and legal entities who apply to company and institutions by using their right to information within the scope of 4982 numbered Act and this regulation.
3. Information means any kind of data present in the registry of company and institutions within the scope of 4982 numbered Act.
4. Document means written, printed or copied document, file, book, magazine, brochure, survey, letter, program, instruction, diagram, plan, film, photo, tape and video, map, any kind of data, development recorded in electronic media and data carriers owned by company and institutions, within the scope of 4982 numbered Act.
5. Access to information or documentation means; according to nature of information or documentation requested, to give a copy of relevant information or documentation to the applicant by company and institutions; in case of impossibility to give a copy, to give applicant consent for taking notes or viewing or hearing the content by reviewing original information or documentation.
6. Commission means Information Acquisition Evaluation Commission
7. Act means 9/10/2003 dated and 4982 numbered Right to Information Act.

 

CHAPTER TWO
Right to Information, Obligation to give Information and Procedure to give Information
 

Right to Information
Clause 5- Everyone has the right to information within the framework of principles and procedures set out in the Act and this regulation. Foreigners residing in Turkey, Foreign legal entities acting in Turkey can benefit from the provisions of the Act and this regulation provided that the information to be requested shall be in relation with themselves or their field of activity and within the framework of reciprocity principle. Applications in this context shall be done in Turkish language. Countries within the scope of reciprocity principle are announced in Official Gazette by Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Under international agreements involved as a party, Turkey’s rights and obligations are reserved. Actions to be taken within the scope of obligation to give information
 

Clause 6- Company and institutions are obligated to take necessary administrative and technical actions to provide all kinds of information and documentation  – other than exceptions described in the Act – in accordance with the principles and procedures set out in the Act and this regulation and to finalize applications for information efficiently, rapidly and properly. Company and institutions classify all information or documentation which are present and may be subject to an application for information, as to facilitate use of right to information.

To this end, company and institutions take necessary administrative and technical actions in regard to arrangement of document registry, filing and archive. To minimize work load resulting from ensuring efficient use of right to information and applications for information acquisition; using information and communication technologies institutions and organizations release;
 

1. Institutional file plans containing subjects of information or documentation on the issues within the field of their duties and services and in which department they are available,
2. Basic resolutions and transactions on the issues within the field of their duties and services, goods and services procurements, projects and annual activity reports,
3. Regarding the issues within the field of their duties and activities, what the act, regulation, cabinet decree or other regulatory operations are and on which Official Gazette they were published (please specify date and number of the gazette), amended form of the legislation in regard to their duties and service to public.

 

Finalized activity and audit reports are made public for review by proper means. Within the framework of the provision of the Act and this regulation, institutions and organizations revise their official web pages in accordance with the provisions of this Clause in order to minimize work load resulting from ensuring efficient use of right to information and applications for information. Institutions and organizations within the scope of this regulation submit such information on single unit basis over same official web page to public for information; or giving link of official web page over relevant unit’s web page in case of obligatory cases.

Companies and institutions shall arrange their institutional file plans containing subjects of information or documentation within the field of their duties and services and in which department they are available, in accordance with the principles set out in the relevant legislation. Institutional file plans are kept under information acquisition units to be established under departments in charge for press and public relations of  company and institutions, and adequate number of copies are submitted to applicants for use. One copy for institutional file plans is released to public for information on official web pages of institutions and organizations.

In order to facilitate use of right to information in electronic media, applications are accepted upon sending application forms enclosed in Appendix-1 and Appendix-2 to information acquisition units of institutions and organizations via e-mail and e-mail addresses are announced on web pages of institutions and organizations. In addition, application forms are always available in information acquisition units for use of applicants. Information or documentation that may be published arbitrarily
 

Clause 7- In order to ensure efficient use of right to information and minimize work load resulting from applications for information, institutions and organizations may submit such kinds of information or documentation written below, to public for information on their web pages:
 

1. Information or documentation regarding organizational structure, duties, budget, incomes & expenditures,
2. Information about number of personnel and their status,
3. Information about services provided,
4. Information about methods for decision making, providing service and policy making
5. Decisions and their basis influencing public, policies, evaluations done on them by administration and basic information and data supporting these decisions to make
6. Information about promoting registration, filing and archive arrangement
7. Procedure to place a claim and make an application and information about the authority or authorized person to whom they are submitted,
8. Statistical data, research reports, articles and other documents
9. Establishing information acquisition units

 

Clause 8- Information acquisition units are established in order to ensure efficient use of right to information at departments of institutions and organizations in charge for press and public relations, and to provide access of information or documentation in time.

In order to ensure efficient use of right to information and to provide access of information or documentation in time; other institutions and organizations who has no department in charge for press and public relations or executing duties similar to those of that department establish information acquisition units under a department within the company and institution or assign an information acquisition official directly under institution’s executive.

Adequate number of personnel is employed under information acquisition units. Having physical and technical equipment to facilitate making applications for information is essential for these units.

Personnel in charge under these departments provide information and make explanations about how to make the application, information or documentation requested are available in which department of the company and organization and procedures after application upon request of relevant persons who will use their right to information, provide required assistance and carry out the transactions related to applications for information. 

In order to acquaint relevant persons who made application for information with the issues that what the information or documents are about or what kind of information or documentation are on institution’s and organization’s hand, institutions and organizations keep institutional file plans to be prepared by them in accordance with the provisions of

Information acquisition units may keep information about organizational structures of institutions and organizations and their field of duty and service, brochures and publications intended for promotion or training, annual activity reports and reports regarding budget and expenditures. People may benefit from such kind of promotional publications.

 

CHAPTER THREE
Application for Information Acquisition
 

Procedure for Application
Clause 9- Application for information acquisition to be made by real entities; is to be made with a petition including full name, signature, home or office address of the applicant , before the company and organization which possess the information or documentation requested.

Application for information acquisition to be made by legal entities; is to be made with a petition including title and address of legal entity as well as signature of authorized and authorization letter, before the company and organization which possess the information or documentation requested.

Information or documentation requested is stated expressly on the petition. In order to ensure rapid access to the information or documentation, subject, number of the information or documentation requested and from which department of the company and organization it is requested and other required issues are stated on the petition. Applications regarding information or documentation which is available at Central administration’s rural organization, are made before information acquisition officials acting under governorship or district governorship and/or relevant departments under rural organization. Coordination between departments in province and districts, as well as preparation of reports regarding these transactions is performed by information acquisition units under governorship and district governorship. Information acquisition units under governorship and district governorships send the applications made to relevant administration and inform the applicant.

Applications not including the issue that they are made pursuant to another Act are deemed as made within the scope of Right to Information Act. Filling application petitions / forms via typing or being printout is not required as a qualification. However, application petitions / forms should be written or filled legibly and understandably.  Date when application received by company and organization is the date of application. Application petitions may be sent to institutions and organizations via mail. In order to ensure rapid access to information or documentation requested and to put information acquisition requests in process readily upon application, applicants may benefit from the form enclosed in Appendix – 1 (if applicant is a real entity) / Appendix – 2 (if applicant is a legal entity), when they submit their petition regarding application for information acquisition if they will. However, real and legal entities that will make an application via e-mail or facsimile must fill the forms enclosed in Appendix-1 and Appendix-2. Applications to be made in electronic media or by other communication means
 

Clause 10- Application for information acquisition may be made in electronic media or by other communication means provided that other information are legally specifiable which will be useful for determination of identity and signature of the person or by whom the writing is issued For the applications to be made by natural persons via electronic mail; application will be made to the electronic e-mail address of the Right to Information Unit of the company or institution that has the requested information and document by filling the form attached(Appendix-1). This application contains the ID number in addition to the name and surname of the applicant, residence or work address in order to verify the identity.

For the applications to be made by legal persons via electronic mail; application will be made to the electronic e-mail address of the Right to Information Unit of the company or institution that has the requested information and document by filling the form (Appendix-2). This application contains title of the legal person, address and the ID number of authorized person and authorization document. Authorization document is sent by translating to the electronic media by using appropriate means.
Natural or legal persons by the use of electronic signature is sent to the Law on Electronic Signatures 5070, TC identification number is not required.

Applications made via electronic mail, the application form reaches the electronic mail address of the institution or organization to obtain information on the unit, contact history. For applications made via electronic mail, institutions and organizations to obtain information units, an electronic mail address of the corporate form for this purpose is published on the internet pages of the corporate form.

Institutions and organizations can answer in an electronic environment to the application made in the electronic environment, according to the nature of the requested information or document, may also respond in writing. This means, if not possible to give the requested information or document, such information or document is examined over the notes, to get the needed, seen, or watch the opportunity provided.

Letter of application can be sent via fax to institutions and organizations. However, also in applications made ​​by fax, natural persons and legal entities of persons authorized to represent the TC ID numbers are indicated. Transmitted by fax petition, petitioner wishes to respond to him via fax, the fax number to answer the petition also must be indicated Institutions and organizations, for applications made by fax, as can respond electronically or by fax, according to the nature of the requested information or document may also respond in writing.This means, if not possible to give the requested information or document, such information or document is examined over the notes, to get the needed, seen, or watch the opportunity provided. Application date is the date institutions and organizations to obtain information units receives the petition sent by fax.
 

Clause 11 - The applicant or any other information like special signs will help to determine the identity of anyone in the event of handicapped or special markings in terms of this information is used to replace the signature.
 

Clause 12 - The application of information should be related to the institutions and organizations information or documentation at their disposal Institutions and organizations; or a separate study, research, examination or analysis that can be created as a result of applications made for any information or document has not perfected may give a negative answer to applications for information or documents for a transaction.

Described in a certain date to be announced as previously stated, if premature disclosure would damage the public interest or personal interest that can be used to provide information or documents cannot be disclosed before the date specified, be given access to it.

Clause 13 - Books, brochures, advertisements and documents published by Institutions and organizations and which are publicly available or similar means can not be subject to the application. However, in specified ways, made ​​public in the first paragraph or electronic media published by institutions and organizations open to the public's access to information or documents how, when and where it is published or notified and explained to the applicant.
 

Clause 14 - Petition or application forms are accepted by institutions and organizations of information units. Information units, as specified in Article 9 of the petition or application forms had not been given on condition that after checking their documents to applicants registering their presence, gives a receipt showing the date and number of the application.

Any other units of the institutions and organizations to obtain information sent the petition or application forms without processing of information immediately. Forms do not contain the elements specified in Article 9 of the petition or sent via electronic mail does not contain the elements specified in Article 10 petition or application forms will not be processed and the status to the applicant.

Misrepresentation or petition forms which are not understood of applicants or the date, any application deemed not to be understood that the situation will not be processed. Applications of information via electronic mail, the applicant natural or legal persons TC identification number, the website of the Ministry of Interior General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs, and the surname is the name given by the applicant in order to determine whether the query is needed. Applications lacking real and correct names and surnames will not be processed.

After saving the application or petition form, no later than two business days to the relevant units within the institution or organization. In this paper, the application, which answered by unit and the applicant indicated the date by which to respond. This type of writing required for transmitting the transfer of authority to quickly process the relevant units shall be made in accordance with relevant legislation.

Applications received via electronic mail to related units, transmitting by electronic media or computer printouts are sent to the application. Application, which will also answered by unit and the date by which the applicant about the requested information or documents specified to respond.

Institutions and organizations to obtain information units, according to the principles and procedures set forth in this Law and relevant institutions and organizations shall discharge their duties in coordination with other units. Applications received electronically or in writing or document information security, agencies and organizations is provided in accordance with general provisions.

Help for applicants
Clause 15 - Volumes of information, staff, and under the law to obtain information to people who apply for their use rights is obliged to help. Staff for this purpose, the form of a petition or during the application indicates that the lack of applicants, and provides guidance on how to troubleshoot them.
 

Uncertainty of the requested information or documents
Clause 16 - Application or petition form information or documents requested, if not clear enough, institutions and organizations for reasons which are not clear enough notify the applicant to submit additional information. In this case, Article 20 on the five-day period begins from the date of fully resolve the deficiency.

Petition directed to other institutions and organizations
Clause 17 - The requested information or documents referenced in a location other institutions and organizations, letter of application or the form will be sent to these institutions and organizations to obtain information and inform the applicant of the situation. This application, information or document referred to date of receipt of the application shall be deemed made by institutions and organizations. Beginning of the previous application is not considered periods.

His application for information the institutions and organizations, if it determines the requested information or documents in their own comes into being from another institutions, while there are more than the requested information or into the working area of institutions and organizations, or that information or access to the document, such institutions and get opinions from organizations. In this case, access to information or documents provided within thirty business days. In this case, extension of time and reason to the applicant shall be notified before the end of the five business day period.

Opinion asked to institutions and organizations can not be less than five business days to write a comment. Opinion asked officials of the institutions and organizations, concerned to respond in time is concerned, he made contact with representatives of agencies and organizations share the same responsibility. The contents of multiple agencies and organizations in the event of interest, he made contact with organizations and agencies, other organizations and institutions do not have the requested information or portion of the document itself, the relevant institutions and organizations may request information or documents. In this case, access to information or documents provided within thirty business days. In this case, the extension of time and reason to the applicant shall be notified before the end of the five business day period.
 

CHAPTER FOUR
The access to the information and the documents

Responding to the applications
Clause 18 - Transmitted by the application to obtain the units, organizations and institutions are answered by the relevant units. Applicants will respond to the unit, institutions and organizations within the requested information or document is to provide another unit, the applicant's opinion about the need for another corporation or organization, or the contents of multiple agencies and organizations in the event of interest, the provision of Article 17 apply.

Institutions and organizations learn the answers to the application for the applicant shall notify in writing or electronically. However, the applicant will be given via electronic mail, answers, information units are sent through the institutions and organizations. Prepared to answer this context a reference by the relevant units of information units are sent in writing or electronically.

Answered the application date, institution or organization on the date of article is the answer. Information about the application for the necessary analysis and research, the application is made by the unit will respond, and applications are answered within the time periods specified in Article 20. All applications will be positive or negative response, sent to the applicant a copy of type, text information units are also sent with the exception of attachments.

Rationale for this decision can be made against the application be rejected and the application procedures and times indicated Due to negligence or culpable conduct of public officials, responded application within the period specified in the law, institutions and organizations to eliminate the obligation to respond Previously made ​​by the same people again, in case the answer is abstract and general nature of the application is not processed and this is notified to the  applicant.
 

Procedures for access to information or documents

Clause 19 - Institutions and organizations of the document, if desired, the applicant requested a copy of the document is approved. Information or documents in electronic media, electronic mail, disks, and other tools can be used to copy data.

Inherently not possible to give a copy of the information or documents or copies of actual detrimental to the removal of cases, institutions and organizations of the applicant;

1. Written or printed documents for review and original of the document in question can take notes,
2. information or documents in the form of voice recording, listen to them,
3. Image registration in the form of information or documents able to watch them, provide.

To this end, access, how, when and where you will be provided with other matters deemed necessary, the applicant shall be notified in access time. In this way, access, information or document tampering, destruction, theft or other risks are assessed, the applicant will oversee at least one officer and other necessary measures are taken. In a different way to obtain the information or document mentioned above if possible, without prejudice to gain access to the document.

 

Information or document access time
Clause 20- Institutions and organizations, information requested on the application within five working days or provides access to the document. However, the requested information or document, contact the institutions and organizations within the unit from another provision, the applicant in connection with or reference to any other institutions and organizations should be taken to view the contents of multiple agencies and organizations of interest, within thirty business days, or is provided access to the document. In this case, the extension of time and reason to the applicant shall be notified before the end of the five business day period.
 

Give information or document confidential information by separating
Clause 21 - The requested information or documents, or the degree of privacy prohibited disclosure of information explained by the nature of those together and they are separated from each other such information or documents, or the degree of privacy after the removal of prohibited disclosure of information presented to the applicant. Separation shall be notified in writing of the grounds.
 

Application fees
Clause 22 - Institutions and organizations, allowing access to information or documents from the applicant, access to information or documents required by the investigation, research, copying, mailing, and other elements of cost may be charged commensurate with the extent. Institutions and organizations for this purpose will be determined each year according to the principle of access to information in the budget law determines the fee schedule. Institutions and organizations allowing access via electronic mail for information or documents, access to the necessary inquiries, investigations and other cost elements can be charged in proportion to their size.

Institutions and organizations provide access to information or documents, access costs and the amount of payment be made about where the applicant, within fifteen days from the date of the application informs. However, the requested information or document, contact the institutions and organizations within the unit from another provision, the applicant in connection with or reference to any other institutions and organizations should be taken to view the contents of multiple agencies and organizations in the event of interest, the payments will be made ​​where the amount of the cost of access to institutions and organizations about the applicant, within thirty days from the date of application informs.

Information or documentation required to access the notification of the amount of cost to the applicant by the institutions and organizations, fifteen or thirty business day period will be cut. The applicant within fifteen working days from the date of notification of payment performs shall be deemed waived unless requested document presented to show.

Public institutions and organizations, allowing access to that information or documents will require applicants for fees, to be recorded as revenue in the budget for the relevant institutions and organizations on behalf of banks and other financial institutions, accountancy or bookkeeping, or credited to accounts opened post office branch.
 

Requests for information or documents mentioned exceptions in the law
Clause 23 - Act to obtain information held as exceptions to the right to information and the refusal reasons to the applicant shall be notified in the application is rejected.
 

Procedures for Appeal
Clause 24 - 16 and Article 17 of the Act to information provided reasons for rejecting applicants, before applying to a court within fifteen days of notification of the decision may appeal to the Board of Access to Information. Appeals are made in writing. The Board's decision is given within thirty business days.

Within the time periods specified in Article 20, institutions and organizations of any response provided by the applicant in a positive or negative reference, Article 10 of Law No. 2577 in accordance with the Administrative Procedure passage of sixty days shall be deemed rejected. The second paragraph of information request in accordance with Law 16 and Article 17 was rejected for reasons mentioned prescribed applicant applying to a court litigation before the Board within fifteen days from the date of beginning of the period may appeal in writing. The Board's decision is given within thirty business days. Appeal to the Board stop time of application to the administrative courts.
 

Decisions of the Board
Clause 25 - The Board upon objections to be made on application for information, based on the reason provided for in article 17 of Law 16 and the decision of the review and shall decide for institutions and organizations to obtain information regarding the use of the right to make decisions. The Board is authorized to regulate issues regarding the use of the right to obtain information.
 

Information or documents requested by the Board
Article 26 - 16 and Article 17 of Information Law request to the Board on appeal provided reasons for rejecting applicants, the application is done every institution or organization may request any information or document. Institutions and organizations, the Board's request any information or document required to be given within fifteen working days.

Appeal, the Board also institutions or organizations with the applicant, the objection may apply to written or verbal comments on the subject, take the opinion of relevant experts, and found in other studies deemed necessary. Information or documents obtained by the opinion of the Board and sent to the Board, evaluation and review of maintenance and protection of confidentiality shall be complied with those in the degree of privacy. Chairman and members of the Board with this information compiled and evaluated all the staff are obliged to comply with the requirements of privacy policy. This obligation, the Board chairman and members shall continue after termination of the duties of other personnel.
 

CHAPTER FİVE
Limits of Right to get Information
 

Information or documents related to State secret
Clause 27 - Disclosure in the safety of the State, foreign relations, national defense and national security clearly would harm the nature and degree of confidentiality that information or documents as a state secret, beyond the scope of the right to information.

 

Information or documents related to the country's economic interests
Clause 28 - Disclosure or premature disclosure of the country's economic interests will result in harm or unfair competition, and gain information or documents outside the scope of the right to information.
 

Information or documents related to intelligence
Clause 29 - Units of information or documents related to the duties and activities of civilian and military intelligence are beyond the scope of the right to information. However, this information and documents that affect their working life and the dignity of the profession of intelligence information and documents regarding the procedures and principles listed below are subject to the right to information:

1. Information held in relation to applications in person or topic concerning your condition to be made ​​by the representative authorized by a special power of attorney.
2. Civil and military intelligence unit of information or documents related to the duties and activities, not only impressive quality of people's working life and dignity of the profession and one on the basis of a machining processed or evaluated information or documents to be evaluated within the scope of the right to information.
3. The institution or institutions to form the basis for operations, intelligence, and intelligence units requested by assessing the benefit of institutions or organizations submitted applications under the right to information or documents relating to intelligence information, request for such research or investigation unit of the institution or organization to obtain information access and application is made provided the institution or organization.

 

Information or documents concerning the administrative investigation
Clause 30 - Administrative investigations conducted by local authorities and relevant institutions and organizations, disclosure or premature disclosure;

1. Clearly will result in unfair intervention to the private lives of persons
2. The officers conducting the investigation or endanger the life or safety,
3. Endanger the security of the investigation,
4. Should remain confidential source of information will lead to the disclosure of information related to investigations and information resources, or difficult to obtain information or documents outside the scope of the right to information.
    

Information or documents relating to criminal investigation and prosecution
Clause 31 – In the case of disclosure or premature disclosure;

1. Will lead to committing of crime,
2. Crime prevention and investigation or prosecution of criminals caught in the legal way will reduce the danger
3. The trial will prevent the fulfillment of duty in accordance with,
4. The case opened on the right to a fair trial in violation of a person, character information or documents outside the scope of the right to information.
    

No 1412 Criminal Procedure Law, Civil Procedure Law No. 1086, No. 2577 of the Administrative Procedure Act and other special provisions are reserved.

 

The secrecy of private life
Clause 32 –Without prejudice to the extent permitted by the person's private life in the context of privacy, disclosure of health information with a person's private and family life, honor and dignity, professional and economic values ​​of information or documents unfair intervention, beyond the scope of the right to information.

Where the public interest requires it, the personal information contained in records or documents of institutions, organizations and institutions, at least seven days' notice given to the person concerned, provided written consent to be explained.
 

Privacy of communication
Clause 33 - Confidentiality of information or documents would violate the principles of communication, beyond the scope of the right to information.

 

Trade secrets

Clause 34 - Information or documents which are described as a trade secret laws, institutions and organizations provided by the natural or legal persons shall remain confidential commercial and financial information beyond the scope of the right to information.
 

Intellectual and artistic works

Clause 35 - Intellectual and artistic works done in relation to the provisions of relevant laws are applied to obtain information about the application.
 

In- house regulations
Clause 36- Information or documents of the institutions and organizations which are not pertain to the general public but only related with their own staff and in-house organizations are beyond the scope of the right to obtain information. However, the staff of the institution, who are affected by the regulations, have their right of obtaining information reserved.
 

In-house views, information and recommendations
Clause 37- Institutions and organizations carry out their activities in order to obtain their opinions, information notes, proposals and advice of the information or documents, unless otherwise agreed by the institutions and organizations within the scope of the right to obtain information.

The views of scientific, cultural, statistical, technical, medical, financial, legal and other expertise in the areas of individuals, departments or institutions, who are legally obliged to give an opinion, are accessible for demands to obtain information provided a basis for taking their decisions.
 

Request for advice and opinion
Clause 38- Applications requesting advice and opinion are beyond the scope of the right to obtain information.
 

Information and documents which abolish confidentiality

Clause 39- Information or documents declassified in accordance with relevant legislation, as the limits of the rights to obtaining information covered unless other exceptions to the information held in the law is open to applications.
 

CHAPTER SİX
Miscellaneous and Final Provisions
 

Archive materials and materials to archive

Clause 40- Applicants: General Directorate of State Archives, the archives of research services or other material benefit from the existing archives and archives of material conditions, obligations, and archival material samples shall be given, 31.1.2002 dated and No: 2002 / 3681 determined by the Council of Ministries, the provisions are applied excluding the time.
 

The Process excluding the judicial inspection
Clause 41- Judicial inspection of administrative procedures excluding the person’s working life and professional honour those that affect the right to obtain information is included. However, the right to obtain information provided in this way does not result in opening the process to judicial inspection.
 

Inspection and Penalty Provisions
Clause 42- Information regarding the applications within the scope of the right to use practices are inspected according to legislation by the heads of the institutions and organizations. Law and Regulations implementing the default, negligence or intent on civil servants and other public officials have committed acts of criminal prosecution under the provisions required by the general matter without prejudice, they are subject to disciplinary action stated in the legislation applies.

The information and documents, accessed within the framework of principles and procedures specified  in this Act and Regulations, cannot be reproduced for commercial purposes, cannot be used or cannot be published without permission of institutions and organizations which provide accessibility. Contrary to the provisions of this article for commercial purposes, accessing information or documents are duplicates, or publishers about the provisions on liability apply to criminal and civil laws.
 

Training
Clause 43- Institutions and organizations, provide necessary training to staff on the implementation of the Act and this Regulation, and organizes training programs for this purpose.
 

Preparing a report
Clause 44- Institutions and organizations, including the previous year;

1. The number of references to them to obtain information,
2. The positive response the number of applicants are provided access to the information or documentation,
3. The number and distribution of statistical information about the application rejected,
4. Subtracting the information confidential or secret nature or information of this nature, the number of applicants are provided access to information or documents.
5. The number of applicants and their rejection of the application on the results of which were contested, prepare a report shows, these reports are sent to Information Assessment Board to the end of February every year. These reports are prepared under the coordination of information units. Connected, related and relevant public institutions and organizations connected to reports of the relevant Ministries are transmitted through, or they are associated. The Board will prepare a general report, together with reports of such institutions and organizations by the end of April every year and sends it to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. These reports are made public within two months of the Presidency of Turkey Grand National Assembly.

 

Provisional Clause 1- Information units are created in institutions and organizations within a month in accordance with the provisions of Article 8.

Provisional Clause 2- Institutions and organizations, within three months from the date of publication of these regulations specified in Article 6 corporate file plans, prepares to facilitate the use of the right to obtain information and knowledge to provide public information through the use of communication technologies.

Provisional Clause 3 - Institutions and organizations document, records, files and libraries needed in order for changes to legislation and other regulatory actions are made within six months.

.Provisional Clause 4 - Corporate web page does not have the institutions and organizations create web pages within two months.

Provisional Clause 5 - Institutions and organizations to obtain information units within two months will be accepting applications through electronic mail, electronic mail addresses by creating a website to provide public information.

Provisional Clause 6 - The principles for the application fee specified in the first paragraph of Item 22 determined until the year 2004 will be determined by institutions and organizations to apply for the fee may be charged according to tariffs. However, given the opportunity to access information or for copies of the first ten pages of documents, free of any charge, including the cost of mailing.Effect
 

Enforcement
Clause 45 - This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication to be valid as of 4/24/2004Executive
 

Enforcement
Clause 46- This regulation is enforced by the Council of Ministers.