It was revealed that the Preparation and Organizing Committee has been operating on paper for 34 years, but has spent 883 million 582 thousand TL in the last 8 years. According to the Court of Accounts report submitted to the Turkish Grand National Assembly, the committee’s expenses have increased noticeably, especially in the last two years.
HE HAS JUST SPENDED IT FOR 34 YEARS
In the committee consisting of 13 members; Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak, Deputy Minister Hamza Yerlikaya, Governor of Istanbul Davut Gül, Ambassador Ayşe Usluer and the detained President of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Ekrem İmamoğlu. The Minister of Sports, the Governor of Istanbul and the Mayor are among the natural members of the committee.
The millions of lira expenditures of the committee, which has been inactive for 34 years, were included under the heading of ‘miscellaneous expenses’ in the Court of Accounts reports. Accordingly, the committee spent 81 million 473 thousand TL in 2023 and 579 million 193 thousand TL in 2024.
Istanbul Olympic Committee President Prof. Dr. Uğur Erdenay has said many times that they will develop new projects to win the Olympics. However, only the adjacent expenses could be realized.
NONE UNTIL 2036
CHP Istanbul Deputy Gamze Akkuş İlgezdi, reminding that the Olympics will not be held in Istanbul until 2036, also submitted a parliamentary question to the Turkish Grand National Assembly, requesting that the Minister of Youth and Sports, Osman Aşkın Bak, who is a member of the committee, answer it. İlgezdi, “What expenses does a committee that does not have an Olympic goal make? Where was the 579 million TL for 2024 spent?” asked questions.
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