Court of Accounts calculates: The public cost of irregularities has been revealed

Court of Accounts auditors have calculated the public irregularities of the last 5 years item by item.

According to the report by Mustafa Bildircin from BirGün, the total public loss identified through irregularities recorded and subjected to legal proceedings between 2018 and 2023 amounted to 2 billion 200 million 671 thousand TL . 

In addition to the Turkish Lira, public losses also occurred in foreign currencies, totaling 3 million 5 thousand dollars and 23 million 538 thousand euros.

There has been a striking increase over the years in public losses arising from transactions by public administrations that are contrary to legislation. 

The loss, which was stated as 127 million 539 thousand 851 TL in the Court of Accounts' 2018 report, was listed by year for the 2019-2023 period as follows:

IT INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY EVERY YEAR

2019: 183 million 888 thousand 466 TL-524 thousand 249 dollars.

2020: 177 million 212 thousand 631 TL-303 thousand 505 dollars.

2021: 410 million 706 thousand 87 TL-2 million 177 thousand dollars-16 million 918 thousand euros.

2022: 648 million 983 thousand 124 TL

2023: 652 million 341 thousand 577 TL-6 million 619 thousand 936 euros

News Source: 12punto