Criticizing the spending and astronomical budget of the Turkish presidency
| Doubling the budget and expenses of the Turkish presidential institution is an issue that has raised the voice of the opposition parties during the economic crisis and unprecedented inflation. |
According to the international group Tasnim news agency, in a situation where the economic crisis and Unprecedented inflation has made life difficult for tens of millions of households in Turkey, waste, extravagance and astronomical costs continue in most government institutions.
Turkey currently has the highest food inflation in the last 3 decades despite this, the government not only did not lower its expenses and current credits, but also significantly increased it.
One of the sectors that received the highest budget, the same structure In the official literature of the Turkish government, it is called “Presidential Institution” and “Collection of Presidential Departments”, but all opposing parties refer to it with such a word: “Court”!
This word It entered the media literature and the literature of Erdogan’s opponents since he ordered a huge palace to be built in Beştepe neighborhood of Ankara. This palace has 1,200 rooms, dozens of halls and halls, and a huge library, and was inspired by the architecture of the Seljuk Empire.
This building is still mentioned in state media as It is called “the complex of presidential units”, but the opponents call it the court and believe that in addition to the heavy maintenance costs, the current expenses of this grand palace complex are even higher than the expenses of the Ottoman court.
The Turkish presidential institution was in Çankaya and in a small palace before Erdogan, that is, during the presidency of Abdullah Gul and his predecessors, but Erdogan believed That a small palace that is located on the side of a short street and does not have any visual effects and a wide perspective, damages the global reputation of Turkey, and where the country’s reputation is discussed, it should not be afraid to spend money.
How much money does the presidential palace spend?
But Aghbaba from The leaders of the People’s Republic Party, in the Turkish Parliament and in the speech before the order, sharply criticized the unreasonable and significant increase in the presidential budget.
The court imposes a heavy cost on the people.
But Aghbaba said: “The presidential budget has doubled in 2024 and the daily expenses have also increased greatly. We review the official documents together and we regret that the presidential budget, which was at the level of 6.6 billion lira in 2023, will increase to 12.3 billion lira in 2024. Please note, the increase rate is 85% and the court, In this difficult situation, he spends a lot of money”.
According to the calculations made by Aghbaba, the expenses of the Turkish presidency are as follows:
33.6 million lira per day.
1.4 million lira per hour.
23 thousand lira per minute.
In a situation where millions of Turkish citizens receive a monthly salary of 11,500 lira, every 1 minute, money is spent in the presidential institution, which is equivalent to the monthly salary of two people!
The deputy of the People’s Republic Party continued: “Most of our retirees receive a monthly salary equal to 7,500 liras and they say without compliments that they live by wearing second-hand shoes and shirts, millions of our citizens receive a monthly salary of 11,500 liras and Hunger in this country is 13,684 and millions of people live in hunger.” State radio-television group T.R.T. you have doubled, the same group that advertises for Erdoğan day and night and never invites representatives and leaders of other parties, so this budget and monthly salary should be forbidden to them and poison their taste”.
At the same time, another issue has been criticized, which is related to the employment of certain employers and the circumvention of legal formalities related to auctions and tenders in favor of people whom the Justice and Development Party has met. And in just a few items in the hospital field, they earned 162 billion liras this year. And the costs of 10 expensive airplanes for the president’s special squadron are among the other points that have been taken into consideration in the critical report of the opponents. It has been pointed out that in 2022 AD, the Court of Administrative Justice faced many complaints and reports about the state of astronomical expenses of the Presidential Palace. This court decided to get help from the Inspector General of the country and ask their opinion about the expenses.
The said team prepared an investigation report that was not leaked to the media and against all criticisms. and the questions, such a short answer was given: “The charges were based on security protocols and it was necessary”. /Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1402/09/05/140209051137377428855564.jpg”/>
Ali Maher Başarer, a member of the Turkish Parliament, criticized the words of Erdogan’s deputy, Judet Yilmaz, saying: “The vice president asked people to tighten their belts and save money, Erdogan himself said, “Take out the money and gold from under the pillows and spend it.” Let them see and show that it is possible to pay attention to people’s daily life and save money in the presidential palace as well”.
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