Turkish Ministry of Finance
General Directorate of Public Accounts
Government Finance Statistics of Turkey
Haydar KULAKSIZ
Head of Statistics Department
hkulaksiz@muhasebat.gov.tr
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EU Negotiation and National Statistics in Turkey
Responsible Institutions for General Government Statistics
Coverage of the General Government
Basis of Recoding
Data Compilation For GG and Stakeholders
Twinning Project Related to GFS
Current Situation Related to ESA Tables and EDP Tables
of General Government
EU Negotiation and National Statistics
in Turkiye
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Accession Partnership Document
National Program
Screening Process (19 June –18 July 2006)
Chapter Openned (2007)
Target for Full Alignment 2011
Responsible Institutions For General
Government Statistics in Official Statistics
Program
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Official Statistics Program
Turkish Statistics Office
Ministry of Finance
Treasury
Turkish Central Bank
The Coverage of the General
Government Sector in PFMCL-1
Central Government
 General Budget Institutions
- Legislative Body
- Executive Body
- Judicial Body
 Special Budget Institutions (118)
- Universities (85)
- Others (33)
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 Regulatory and Supervisory Institutions (8)
Social Security Institutions
 Social Security Institution
 Turkish Labour Institution
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Local Governments
 Municipalities (3225)
 Provincial Special Institutions (81)
 Associations Established by Local Governments (1610)
The Coverage of the General
Government Sector -2•
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Public Financial Management and Control Law
Turkish Statistics Law
Redefining the Scope of General Government
Workshop “Boundaries of Turkish General
Government Sector and ESA95 Methodology”
Basis of Recoding
• The Ministry of Finance Introduced a Unique
Accounting System to the GG Defined by PFMCL
in 2006
• Accounting System Requires Institutions To Use
Both Cash and Accrual Base
• Most of the Institutions Achieved To Apply Cash
and Accrual Base
• Cash Base Data More Reliable At The Moment,
Accrual Data is Being Tested
Data Compilation for General
Government and Stakeholders -1• Responsible Institution = MOF
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Treasury,
Social Security Instituion
The Ministry of Internal Affairs
Central Bank
Data Compilation for GG and
Stakeholders -2 By using say2000i system, the MoF is capable of compiling
data for the general and special budget institutions instantly.
 Regulatory and supervisory institutions send their accounting
data monthly.
 Local Governments enter their data into say2000i system
quarterly.
 Social Security Institutions are obliged to send their data
quarterly to the MoF. Because of restructuring there is no
data yet.
Current Situation Related GFS in
National Classification
• The Ministry of Finance Disseminates Cash and
Accrual Based;
– Central Government Data Montly
– Local Government Data Quarterly
• Social Security Fund Couldn’t Provide Neither
Cash Nor Accrual Data
• MOF Compiles and Disseminates Accrual Data
for Some Institutions Such As Revolving Funds,
Extrabudgetary Funds and Unemployment
Insurance Fund Which are out of The Scope of
GG defined by PFMCL.
Twinning Project Related to GFS
• The Ministry of Finance is Conducting a Twinnig Project to Build and
to Improve the Capacity of Data Compilation
• In the Context of The Project;
– IT System has been Improved,
– Recommendations to redefining the Scope of GG was Built up.
– A Bridge Table has been Created to Convert National Chart of
Accounts to ESA Codes,
– Works Started to Fill in ESA Tables 2, 6, 7, 9 and 11
– Training Activities to Improve Personel Skills of Statisticians and
Accountants were Planned
Current Situation Related to ESA
Tables and EDP Tables of GG
• Treasury Started to Submit EDP Tables Produced
by Using Mainly Cash Data of Central
Government to Eurostat
• There isn’t any ESA Tables Submitted to Eurostat
Yet
• The Minstry of Finance and Turkstat Have Been
Working Together to Produce ESA Tables 2, 9
and 11
• MOF, Central Bank, and Treasury will Cooperate
on ESA Tables 6 and 7
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