26. Is there a ban on donors to political parties/candidates participating in public tender/procurement processes?

Source: World Bank (2020) Infrastructure Finance, PPPs & Guarantees, Country Snapshots - Turkey, https://ppi.worldbank.org/en/snapshots/country/turkey, accessed 25 April 2020.

Source: Gürakar, Esra Çeviker (2016) Politics of Favoritism in Public Procurement in Turkey Reconfigurations of Dependency Networks in the AKP Era, Palgrave Macmillan, New York.

There is no specific provision in the relevant legislation.

Although some pro-government firms own greater shares in public infrastructure investments regularly in recent years, there is no information about restrictions.

Source: World Bank, Infrastructure Finance, PPPs & Guarantees, Country Snapshots - Turkey, https://ppi.worldbank.org/en/snapshots/country/turkey, accessed April 2019.

Instead of restrictions, during the last two decades, “the majority government has used public procurement as an influential tool both to increase its electoral success and build its own, loyal elites. As a result, corruption is centralized and exists and prevails through making highly debated, notorious new laws and regulations”.

Source: Gürakar, Esra Çeviker (2016) Politics of Favoritism in Public Procurement in Turkey Reconfigurations of Dependency Networks in the AKP Era, Palgrave Macmillan, New York.