Turkey’s defense sector lacks transparency and the discussion of arms deals and budgets is not subject to oversight, a recent report has revealed, noting also the absence of any whistleblower mechanism to counter graft
, Hurriyet Daily News reports.
Turkey was categorized as a “high-risk” country on a new global index on defense establishment corruption conducted by the Berlin-based organization Transparency International UK.
In terms of political risk, there is no evidence that the country’s national defense policy is publicly available, and public debate on defense issues is restricted to merely foreign and domestic policy-related conflict, while discussion of arms deals and budgets is reportedly unobserved.
