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Women are underrepresented in public employment and politics

At 12.9% in 2013, public sector employment as a percentage of total employment is below the OECD aver-age of 21.3% and has decreased slightly (1 percentage point) between 2009 and 2013. In addition, reaching 10% in 2015 there are very few women parliamentarians in Turkey compared to an OECD average of 27.8%. Furthermore, only 4% of the cabinet consists of women compared to 29.3% female ministers on average among OECD countries.

Chapter 3: Public employment and compensation

Public sector employment as a percentage of total employmentShare of women parliamentarians and legislated gender quotasShare of women ministers

Turkey formally requires Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA),but it is not fully utilised in practice

The principle of using RIA is embedded in the Turkish rules for legislative drafting. Indeed, each regulatory proposal above the level of TRY 10 million must be supported by a RIA, analysing business impacts and cost. Additionally, Turkey disposes of a Centre of Government body responsible for RIA quality control. However, the practice of undertaking RIA is not yet fully embedded within the Turkish administration, as these impacts are not always analysed, RIAs are not published and not sent to the Parliament with the pro-posals for which they are compiled.

Chapter 8: Regulatory governance

RIA – Formal requirements, practice and assessment of costs and benefits

The Turkish judicial system is amongst the best performers in terms of timeliness,however citizens’ satisfaction with its quality is relatively low

Citizens in Turkey benefit from responsive judicial systems. The average disposition time of judicial pro-ceedings in Turkey is around 130 days, which is amongst the best across OECD countries. This short delay in the treatment of cases is partly due to the well-developed ICT system that serves all courts. Indeed, Tur-key disposes of one of the world’s most advanced systems of electronic support for judicial bodies that has received numerous international awards. Nonetheless, the satisfaction of Turkish citizens (48%) with the judicial system is below the OECD average (54%).

Chapter 12: Serving Citizens

Disposition time in days for first instance civil and commercial litigious casesCitizens‘ confidence with the judicial system

Turkey

Government revenues(2013)

Government expenditures(2013)

Government gross debt *(2013)

% of GDP % of GDP % of GDP

Source: OECD National Accounts Source: OECD National Accounts Source: OECD National Accounts

G@G /dataG@G /data

-15% -10% 0%-5% +5% +10% +15%n.a.

Turkey

-4.2%

Fiscal balance *(2013)% of GDP

Public investment(2013)

% of of total govt. expenditures

How to read the figures:

Turkey

Country value in blue (not represented if not available)

Average of OECD countries in green

Range of OECD country values in grey

Public Finance & Economics Public Employment & Compensation

Public Finance and Economics

GOVERNMENT INPUTS: FINANCIAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES

29.3%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

4.0%Turkey

20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

41.9%n.a.

Turkey

7.8%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20%

n.a.

Turkey

0% 50% 100% 150% 200% 250%

109.3% 100%

0%

39.8%Turkey

100%

0%

Values have been rounded. n.a. refers to

data not available

Source: OECD National Accounts. * See Notes

Source: OECD National Accounts* SNA definition, see Notes

Public Employment and Compensation

G@G /data

58.0%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

n.a.Turkey

Public sector employment filled by women (2013)

Source: International Labour Organization (database)

Share of women ministers(2015)

Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union Parline Database

Public sector employmentas % of total employment (2013)

Source: International Labour Organization (database)

21.3%

12.9%Turkey

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%

20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

37.7%n.a.

Turkey

GOVERNMENT PROCESSESInstitutions Regulatory Governance Public Procurement Public Sector Integrity Digital Government

Regulatory GovernanceInstitutionsLevel of

influence of theCentre of Government

over line ministries(2013)

High Moderate Low

30%59%11%

HighTurkey

Source: OECD 2013 Survey on Centre of Government

Primary lawsSubordinateregulations

Stakeholder engagement to inform o�cials about the problem and

possible solutions

Primary lawsSubordinateregulations

Consultation on draft regulations or proposed rules

For some primary laws

For major primary laws

For major subordinate regulations

For all primary laws /subordinate regulations

For major primary laws /subordinate regulations

For some primary laws /subordinate regulations

NeverNotapplicable

For some subordinate regulations

53%18%24%5%0%

68%6%

18%6%2%

6%9%

62%23%0%

3%15%65%15%2%

Turkey

Stakeholder engagement and consultation (2014)

Source: OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook (forthcoming)

Public Procurement

Support for greenpublic procurement

A strategy / policy has been developed by some procuring entities

A strategy / policy has been developed at a central level

Support forSMEs

Support for innovativegoods and services

13 26 1

A strategy / policy has been rescinded

A strategy / policy has never been developed

2 10 25 0 3 10 23 0 3

Turkey

Strategic public procurement - Objectives(2014)

Source: 2014 OECD Survey on Public Procurement

Procurement expenditure(2013)

% of government expenditures

0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

29.0%

50%

n.a.

Turkey

Source: OECD National Accounts

Digital Gov. Public Sector IntegrityOURdata Index:

Open, Useful, ReusableGovernment Data (2014) *

Composite indexfrom 0 lowest to 1 highest

0.58

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

n.a.Turkey

Source: 2014 OECD Survey on Open Government Data. * See Notes

Level of disclosure of private interestsacross branches of government

(2014)

2632

64

44

Judicial Branch “At risk” areasLegislative BranchExecutive Branch

Low level

Medium level

High level

50505058

TurkeyTurkeyTurkeyTurkey

Source: 2014 OECD Survey on Managing Conflict of Interest in the Executive Branch and Whistleblower Protection

GOVERNMENT OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES

Notes Fiscal balance as reported in the System of National Accounts (SNA) framework, also referred to as net lending (+) or net borrowing (-) of government, is calculated as total government revenues minus total government expenditures. Structural fiscal balance, or underlying balance, represents the fiscal balance adjusted for the state of the economic cycle (as measured by the output gap which resulted as the dif ference between actual and potential GDP) and one-off fiscal operations. Government gross debt is reported according to the SNA definition, which dif fers from the definition applied under the Maastricht Treaty. It is defined as all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future. All debt instruments are liabilities, but some liabilities such as shares, equity and financial derivatives are not debt. OUR Data Index for Turkey not available because the country does not have a Central/federal centralized Open Government Data Portal.

Core Government Results and Service Delivery

Out of pocket expenditure as a % of final household consumption Access to healthcare (2012)

Source: OECD Health Statistics 2014

Satisfaction and confidence across public services (2014)

71%

Judicial system

Education system

71%

20

40

60

80

100

Health care

67%53%

54%48%

National government42%56%

Turkey

Average

Range

Source: Gallup World Poll

-15%

-10%

-5%

0%

5%

TurkeyTop10%

0.1%

Bottom10%

1.3%

Top10%

Bottom10%

-1.6% -0.8%

Changes in household disposable income,by income group (2007-2011)

Source: OECD Income Distribution Database

Limited government powers(2014)

Turkey0.37

0.76

[0.37-0.92]

Source: The World Justice Project

Equity in learning outcomes (2012)PISA mathematics score variance by socio economic background

14.8%

5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

14.5%Turkey

Source: OECD, PISA 2012 results: Excellence through equity, 2013

% of citizens expressing confidence/satisfaction

Government at a Glance 2015With a focus on public administration, OECD Government at a Glance 2015 provides readers with a dashboard of key indicators assembled with the

goal of contributing to the analysis and international comparison of public sector performance across OECD countries. Indicators on public finances

and employment are provided alongside composite indexes summarising aspects of public management policies, and indicators on services to

citizens in health care, education, and justice. Government at a Glance 2015 also includes indicators on key governance and public management

issues, such as regulatory management, budgeting practices and procedures, public sector integrity, public procurement and core government

results in terms of trust in institutions, income redistribution and efficiency and cost-effectiveness of governments.

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2.8%

0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5%

1.2%Turkey