İdris Şahin comments on Court of Accounts reports: Presidential spending exceeded 30 thousand liras per minute

DEVA Party Ankara MP İdris Şahin, in a written statement regarding the Court of Accounts' 2025 audit reports, stated that the findings reflected in the reports do not show "rosy pictures," but rather oversight problems in public administration.

Şahin stated that the Presidency's budgeted expenditures in the 2025 financial statements exceeded 15 billion 808 million liras, noting that this amount means spending of approximately 43.3 million liras for every day of the year, and over 30 thousand liras for every minute.

Stating that "while the nation accounts for every penny, the public cannot leave room for uncertainty in its own accounts," Şahin emphasized that the Court of Accounts findings are not a political propaganda text, but official audit reports submitted to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM).

HE DREW ATTENTION TO DORMITORY, HEALTH, AND AGRICULTURE RECORDS

In his statement, Şahin also brought up findings regarding dormitory security, agricultural records, and health services. Recalling the Court of Accounts' finding that students were placed in some dormitories without occupancy permits, Şahin stated that this is important in terms of potential fire risk.

Touching upon the findings regarding TÜRKVET records, Şahin reported that there are no mandatory vaccination records for approximately 2.5 million cattle and 35 million sheep and goats, and that only 51 percent of the 3.56 billion lira receivable arising from vaccination and ear-tagging applications has been collected.

Regarding records in the health sector, Şahin recalled findings that examination records were created in family medicine units for some patients during the same time intervals they were hospitalized in intensive care, and said it was stated that these records related to health services that were not actually provided. He also stated that final completion processes for 17 city hospitals have not been concluded despite two years having passed since the actual completion certificate.

Criticizing public tenders as well, Şahin argued that the bargaining method was used without legal conditions being met, direct procurement was used where a tender should have been held, and limits were exceeded without obtaining the appropriate opinion of the Public Procurement Authority.

Look not at the Turkey described on podiums, but at the minutes kept by the state's own auditors. Because the picture revealed by the Court of Accounts does not overlap with the picture of Turkey drawn by the government.

Şahin noted that the consequences of every gap in audits are reflected in the lives of citizens, stating that the state is obligated to ensure the safety of students in dormitories, patients in hospitals, labor in production, and public resources in taxation.