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Manual On Good Administration Principles

 Criminal Law Convention on Corruption and Civil Law Convention on
Corruption of the Council of Europe were ratified, and Turkey became
a member to the Group of States against Corruption. In addition, the
ratification of the United Nations Convention against Corruption was
approved by law, and in order to harmonise with the Convention of the
OECD, Law on Amending Certain Laws to Combat Bribery of Foreign
Public Officials in International Businesses was adopted.

 Within the scope of the reforms launched in public administration and
public financial management, Public Financial Management and Control
Law No. 5018 was introduced. It aims at the allocation of public resources
to public services of top priority; effective, economic and efficient
utilisation of public resources; ensuring accountability, transparency
and responsibility; implementation of strategic plans and performance
programmes; and establishment and empowerment of internal audit
systems.

 The number of the Ministries were decreased, and existing Ministries
went under a restructuring process in order to ensure more effective
and efficient functioning and to increase coordination through reducing
bureaucracy.
 Social Security Institutions were gathered under a single roof with a view
to facilitating easier access to health services.

 Public Procurement Law No. 4734 entered into force in 2003, in order to
establish the principles and procedures to be applied in procurements
held by all public entities and institutions governed by public law or under
public control or using public funds; to ensure transparency, competition,
equal treatment, reliability, confidentiality, public supervision, and
meeting of needs under appropriate requirements in a timely manner,
and efficient use of resources.
 With the Law No. 5233 adopted in 2004 on Compensation for Damages
Incurred due to Terror and the Combat against Terror, the principles and
procedures of the compensation for damages incurred due to terror and
combat against terror were laid down; national legal institutions titled
as “Damage Assessment Commissions” were established in order to
compensate for the damages of terror victims without litigation before
the European Court of Human Rights. Cohesion between the State
and society was ensured, and moral force was restored through the
compensation for the damages of the natural and legal persons, who
were victims.

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