Foreign Ministry ignores 'Public Savings Circular': 4 million TL spent on tires for vehicles

While Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek has been calling for public savings, it has emerged that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made a 4 million lira tire purchase for the luxury vehicles in its inventory.

The Ministry purchased 33 tires for 6 vehicles, including armored cars.

According to the report by Deniz Ayhan from Sözcü, 4 million 95 thousand liras were paid for the tires purchased for luxury vehicles such as the Cadillac Escalade, Mercedes S680 Guard 4 Matic, and BMW 7.60i Protection xDrive Limousine (G73). The tires will be delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs within 2 months.

30 winter tires without rims and 3 summer tires with rims were purchased for the 6 vehicles.

The following information was shared on the Electronic Public Procurement Platform:

15 winter tires without rims for 3 2023 model Cadillac Escalade automobiles. 5 winter tires without rims and 1 summer tire with rim for 1 2024 model Mercedes S680 Guard 4 Matic automobile. 5 winter tires without rims and 1 summer tire with rim for 1 2023 model Mercedes S680 Guard 4 Matic automobile. 5 winter tires without rims and 1 summer tire with rim for 1 2024 model BMW 7.60i Protection xDrive Limousine (G73) automobile.

News Source: 12punto