2010 ilerleme raporu - Avrupa BirliÄi BakanlıÄı
2010 ilerleme raporu - Avrupa BirliÄi BakanlıÄı
2010 ilerleme raporu - Avrupa BirliÄi BakanlıÄı
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An action plan, with timetables for the adoption and implementation of each measure, was<br />
approved by the ministerial committee in April <strong>2010</strong>. Effective implementation could<br />
contribute to changing behaviour of public administration, so that it promotes and protects<br />
integrity and reduces opportunities for corrupt practices. However, participation by civil<br />
society and its role on the executive board and in implementation of the strategy need to be<br />
strengthened.<br />
By June <strong>2010</strong>, Turkey had implemented 15 of the 21 recommendations in the 2005 evaluation<br />
reports by the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO). The GRECO report suggests<br />
further efforts, in particular to broaden the representation of the anti-corruption oversight<br />
body, to enhance the independence of the judiciary and, to reform the system of immunities<br />
and to finally establish the Ombudsman institution. The constitutional amendments provide<br />
the basis for progress on enhancing the independence of the judiciary and an Ombudsman<br />
institution.<br />
In December 2009, the Prime Ministerial Inspection Board was appointed as the counterpart<br />
of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and was given the task of Anti-Fraud<br />
Coordination Structure (AFCOS) responsible for investigation of irregularities in the context<br />
of financial cooperation between the EU and Turkey. (See Chapter 32 – Financial control)<br />
In February <strong>2010</strong>, the Constitutional Court annulled provisions of the law on the Council of<br />
Ethics regarding the publication of names of civil servants who violate ethics code, on the<br />
grounds that publicizing these names without judicial decision would jeopardize the<br />
presumption of innocence. Ethics training continued; approximately 7,000 civil servants<br />
working for central and local governments have been trained between October 2009 and<br />
September <strong>2010</strong>. In September, the Government adopted a regulation on the code of ethics<br />
with which investigators and auditors should comply while doing their jobs. However, no<br />
progress has been made on extending ethics rules to academics, military personnel and the<br />
judiciary.<br />
No progress has been made on limiting the immunity of Members of Parliament concerning<br />
corruption-related offenses.<br />
Further measures are needed to complete the existing legislation and ensure its effective<br />
implementation to increase transparency on the financing of political parties and election<br />
campaigns. More resources are also required in order to better detect illegal practice, in<br />
particular to extend the current monitoring mechanism to election campaign funding of parties<br />
and candidates.<br />
For the first time a mayor of a metropolitan municipality was suspended from mayoral duties<br />
on March <strong>2010</strong> by the Ministry of Interior because of serious corruption allegations.<br />
Administrative and Judicial investigations are continuing.<br />
The investigation begun in 2009 into the charity association Deniz Feneri concerning a fraud<br />
case in Germany is continuing. The police made searches on the premises of the association<br />
and at the homes of the suspects. However, no indictment has been submitted to court yet.<br />
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