57. What power is granted to the institution(s) responsible for examining reports and/or investigating violations?

Law on Presidential Elections (Article 14/9). Turkish Political Parties Law (Article 75 and 77).

For presidential candidates violations the Supreme Electoral Council first gives appropriate time to the violator to fix the problems in the reports. If there are violation regarding the limits or if there are some amount which is not spend these revenues are transsferred directly to the treasury. For political parties: The Constitutional Court performs its audit by examining documents and/or conducting investigations and making inquiries at the parties’ headquarters or their local branches. The Court is assisted by the Court of Accounts in the preparation of technical review reports.   For political parties the Constitutional Court has the power to transfer the amount as a result of violations directly to the State Treasury.