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Murat İnceoğlu

Treasury covered social security premiums for TurkStat personnel, audit finds

Treasury covered social security premiums for TurkStat personnel, audit finds

While the labor minister complains about opposition municipalities not paying premiums for their personnel, the Court of Accounts report has revealed the Turkish statistical authority also failed to make these payments.

14 November 2024 Murat İnceoğlu

Court of Accounts report: Billion-lira loss incurred by 3 public enterprises

Court of Accounts report: Billion-lira loss incurred by 3 public enterprises

According to the report of Turkey’s Court of Accounts, 23 of 81 public enterprises incurred losses in 2019. The highest amount of loss was made by the Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAŞ) with 5.6 billion Turkish Lira.

26 January 2021

Press Advertising Agency cuts public ads of BirGün over ‘RTÜK’ news

Press Advertising Agency cuts public ads of BirGün over ‘RTÜK’ news

In a news report in October 2020, daily BirGün documented the “public loss” of 450 thousand lira caused by the overseas trips of the members of Turkey’s media authority RTÜK. The public ads of the newspaper are now cut for three days over this report.

12 January 2021

An interest, exchange and tax income haven: Turkey's Presidency of Religious Affairs

COURT OF ACCOUNTS REPORT

An interest, exchange and tax income haven: Turkey's Presidency of Religious Affairs

According to the Court of Accounts, the Presidency of Religious Affairs spent over 10 billion TRY (~1 billion 300 million USD) in 2019 while it had a net income of 404 million 517 thousand TRY. Over 8 billion TRY was spent for personnel expenses.

6 October 2020 Hikmet Adal

Kitchen Expenses of Presidency in 2018: 5 Million 311 Thousand Lira

2018 AUDIT REPORT BY COURT OF ACCOUNTS

Kitchen Expenses of Presidency in 2018: 5 Million 311 Thousand Lira

According to the audit report of Court of Accounts for 2018, while the annual kitchen expenses of Presidency was 2 million 646 thousand lira in 2017, this figure has increased to 5 million 311 thousand 427 lira in 2018.

25 September 2019

Statement by Court of Accounts Regarding Its Former Vice Chair in Charge of Audits

Statement by Court of Accounts Regarding Its Former Vice Chair in Charge of Audits

The Court of Accounts has made a statement after Zekeriya Tüysüz has been appointed as its Vice Chair in Charge of Audit. The court has stated that the change was done upon the request of former Vice Chair Çöker to be re-appointed as a member of the court.

6 November 2018

Court of Accounts Vice Chair in Charge of Audit Affairs Dismissed

Court of Accounts Vice Chair in Charge of Audit Affairs Dismissed

Fikret Çöker, Vice Chair of the Court of Accounts who has documented and reported the irregularities in state institutions, has been dismissed from his post. Zekeriya Tüysüz, who has been a member of the court since 2011, has been appointed in his place.

6 November 2018