Turkey's Petition Commission receives 17,489 applications

According to the activity report for the 4th Legislative Year of the 28th Term of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, the Petition Commission received 17,489 applications. The majority of these, 14,709, were submitted via the e-Petition system, while 1,871 were sent through registered electronic mail and 844 via standard post.

In terms of subject matter, 3,131 petitions concerned labor and social security, followed by 2,261 regarding justice services. Other topics included education (930) and urbanism, housing, and shelter (556). Geographically, Istanbul submitted the highest number of petitions with 3,183, followed by Ankara with 1,641 and Izmir with 1,000.

Demographically, 14,049 petitions were submitted by men, 3,368 by women, and 72 by legal entities. The report also noted that the number of registered users in the e-Petition system has reached 510,234.