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The Committed Changes within Public Procurement Law in Turkey (2003-2014): A Conceptual Analysis

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  • Mehmet Nar

    (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics, Artvin Çoruh University, Turkey,)

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It is aimed to reach international standards at procurement of goods or services and works by the state with the law no. 4734 constituted for preventing mismanagement, waste and corruption in public procurements. However, activities and payments that are carried out within this extent are open fields for corruption. Thus, this situation enables law provisions and the power of Public Procurement Authority (PPA) to be rearranged for the purposes of interest groups when necessary. So, our study is trying to question the content of arrangements which were prepared with great expectations at first during the period of AKP government, but since 2003, when they were put into practice, they have been changed and criticized significantly. Besides, the impressions in public opinions about the idea that the Law forms a basis for the waste of resources have become the research subject. For this purpose, the featured titles regarding the regulations of law no 4734 have been listed and the legal changes made within the scope of Law have been analyzed in the light of official data. Thereafter, the practices applied in the public procurement procedures and the effectiveness of the grievance mechanism has been questioned. Finally, the risks that may arise in the process of public procurement have been analyzed and recommendations and identification of audit institutions are provided.

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  • Mehmet Nar, 2015. "The Committed Changes within Public Procurement Law in Turkey (2003-2014): A Conceptual Analysis," International Journal of Business and Social Research, MIR Center for Socio-Economic Research, vol. 5(2), pages 1-20, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:mir:mirbus:v:5:y:2015:i:2:p:1-20
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    Keywords

    Corruption; favoritism; procurement law; public interest; Turkey.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
    • H0 - Public Economics - - General
    • H57 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Procurement
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State

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