Directorate of Legal Affairs Branch
Orhan BÖLÜCEK
Deputy Head of The Legal Affairs Branch
Duties
As per article 6 of The Hague Convention of 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Certification of Foreign Public Documents, to execute works and procedures associated with issuing apostille which enables the legalization of the authenticity of a document and its legal use in another country.
To execute works and acts related to the legalization of documents to be used in the countries which are not party to The Hague Convention and legalization of documents issued or approved by the foreign representative offices in the province,
To provide opinion on legal issues and procedures which may give rise to legal, financial and criminal results, and to provide legal counseling service.
To take legal measures that will protect the interests of the governor's office and to prevent disputes on time and to help the execution of the contracts and agreements in accordance with these principles,
To prepare the necessary legal proposals and submit them to the Governor in order to achieve objectives of the governor's office, to ensure that it operates in accordance with the legislation as well as plans and programs,
To gather, evaluate information relating to enforcement of the legislation, and to conduct studies for improving the said legislation,
To provide opinion on the directives and other regulatory acts prepared by the units of the governor's office and other directorates,
To do secretariat works related to the inspection and audit services, which are required to be performed by the legal affairs branch directorate of the governor's office as per the legislation, and to execute procedures of the secretariat,
To carry out the works and procedures related to the supervision and control powers of the governor's office on non-governmental organizations and professional organizations having public legal personality, which do not fall within field of duty of the Provincial Directorate of Associations
to execute works and procedures concerning the governor's office in the implementation of the Law on Compensation of Losses Arising from Terrorism and Combat Against Terrorism no. 5233,
To perform secretariat services of the Board in accordance with the provisions of the Regulation on the Establishment, Duties and Working Principles of the Provincial and District Human Rights Boards dated 23/11/2003 and numbered 25298,
To execute works and procedures of religious, charity, medical, social, educational and cultural establishments belonging to minorities with public institutions and organizations as per the Treaty of Lausanne,
To execute other duties stipulated by the legislation or assigned by the governor.
Chief's Office for Proceedings;
To carry out procedures related to lawsuits and matters that need to be pursued at the judicial and administrative judicial authorities, to prepare the necessary information, to prepare a request for filing a public legal action against those unfairly accusing public officials and to submit such request to the relevant judicial authorities,
To do works and acts of purchasing services from independent lawyers or law offices as per provisions of the relevant legislation, when necessary,
Pursuant to the Law on Local Administrative Unions no. 5355, to carry out works and procedures related to the applications to be filed with the judicial authority with regards to collection of personal debts,
According to Article 24 of Law No. 4353; to report those administrative legal actions concerning the Treasury to the Directorate of Procedure,
To assist and cooperate with lawyers of the Treasury in case of legal actions tried at places of jurisdiction and pursued by such lawyers,
To gather and evaluate statistical information related to the lawsuit files and trial process,
To follow up enforcement of orders given by the court, to gather information about results of such orders and to inform the authority,
To execute other duties stipulated by the legislation or assigned by the governor.
IMPORTANT NOTICE!
We've heard unconfirmed rumors that some persons offering special follow-up services and translation agencies collect money from our citizens, filing applications with our Directorate for certification procedures, on behalf of the governor's office. Please be kindly informed that no fee is charged by our Governor's Office for certification procedures and that documents should be followed by our citizens or by persons authorized by them to the extent possible with a view to avoiding any problems and errors in the procedures performed.
Communication Details:
E-mail: hukukisleri@istanbul.gov.tr
