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The Turkish government on Sunday announced the 2021 statistics for the Presidential Communications Center (CİMER), which received 97 percent of total applications online. According to the official figures, 6.1 million people applied to CİMER last year, half of whom reported complaints or denounced others. The public relations center, which the government characterizes as an opportunity for citizens to engage with the administration, has turned into a platform where critics and people whose lifestyles are disapproved of by ruling party supporters are reported. Complaints made to consumer websites show that an important part of the requests made to CİMER involve citizens suffering from economic difficulties.
According to the Presidential Directorate of Communications, which oversees the communications center, CİMER responded to 5.5 million applications out of 6.1 million, a 4 percent increase over the previous year. Forty-five percent of applications submitted to the center were requests, 40 percent were complaints, 8 percent involved the right to information, and 7 percent were acknowledgments, opinions/suggestions. The central organization received 55 percent of the applications, while local administrations received 45 percent. Approximately 600,000 CİMER applications were “thank you” messages. According to the government, CİMER received numerous congratulatory messages following innovations in the defense industry, upon the unveiling of prototypes...
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