Budget of Turkey's Religious Affairs Presidency to exceed 16 billion lira

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The budget of the Presidency of Religious Affairs will be 16,09 billion lira (~1.7 billion USD) next year, according to the 2022 budget that has been submitted to the parliament.

The new budget will mark an increase of 24.02 percent in the agency's budget.

The budget is foreseen to increase to 18.62 billion lira in 2023 and 20.72 billion lira in 2024, according to the budget plan.

Also, 25 more cars will be purchased for the Presidency next year. It is expected to earn close to 11 billion lira from traffic fines. 26.2 billion lira from alcoholic beverages and 70.6 billion lira from tobacco are targeted. The rate of increase in alcoholic beverages reaches 26 percent compared to this year. (RT/VK)