Fikret Çöker, Vice Chair of the Court of Accounts (Sayıştay), who has documented and reported the irregularities in state institutions, has been dismissed by the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from his post.
Çöker had also reported the irregularities in government institutions and the municipalities administered by Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) that his team detected during the audits in 2017. The reports have been published on the official website of the court.
According to a report by Bianet, Zekeriya Tüysüz, who has been a member of the court since 2011, has been appointed in his place. Like Fikret Çöker, he will also be responsible for auditing the public agencies within the scope of the central administration budget as well as ministries, municipalities and state-owned companies.
The Court of Accounts released a written statement about the issue on its official website on Tuesday and claimed that “The news reports regarding the dismissal of Fikret Çöker from his duty does not reflect the truth, his request to be re-appointed as a member of the court has been fulfilled.”
“In some media outlets; there are some news reports, which do not reflect the truth by stating that Fikret Çöker, Vice Chair of the Court of Accounts in charge of audits, has been dismissed from his post due to the irregularities and corruptions indicated in the reports prepared by the court after the related audits in public agencies and institutions in 2017.
“Fikret Çöker came into office as an ‘auditor’ in the Court of Accounts in 1992. He was elected as a “member of the Court of Accounts” in 2014, appointed as ‘Vice Chair in charge of Audit Affairs’ on July 13, 2016, and his request to be re-appointed as a member of the court was approved by the Court of Accounts on November 2, 2018.
“It has been indicated in the approval of the Court of Accounts numbered 1854437 that the procedure in question was conducted in accordance with Fikret Çöker’s request. The procedure does not have any relation with the published reports of the Court of Accounts.
“Dr. Zekeriya Tüysüz, who took office as an auditor in the Court of Accounts in 1992 and was elected as a member in 2011, has been appointed as the Vice Chair in Charge of Audit Affairs.”
The auditors of the Court of Accounts go to the institution to be audited and examine all financial records. Since detailed information regarding what needs to be done and how as well as the ways in which public loss could arise is indicated in the fiscal legislation, the auditors examine the financial statements and investigate whether the institution has exceeded its authority.
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