51. Is information in reports from political parties and/or candidates to be made public?

Source: Article 74, Law on Political Parties, 1983 (amended 2018)

Source: Article 14, Law on Presidential Election, 2012.

There is no reporting requirement during the campaign period and political parties must report their campaign expenses only as part of their annual financial reports to the Constitutional Court, which has oversight responsibility. Contrary to international commitments and good practice, these reports are not made public and only summarized audit reports are published online.
Source: OSCE/ODIHR (2017), Republic of Turkey, Constitutional Referendum 16 April 2017, OSCE/ODIHR Limited Referendum Observation Mission Final Report, OSCE/ODIHR, Warsaw

Political parties are not obliged to make their accounts public.  Although a few political parties publicise their financial accounts online, this is not legally binding, before the Constitutional Court's examination is published in the Official Gazette or its web page. The Constitutional Court's examination report does not contain all information and documents which are submitted by the political parties.

Except for the presidential elections, candidates are not required to submit campaign accounts by the relevant laws. The examination reports on the presidential candidates campaign accounts which are prepared by the Supreme Board of Election do not contain the detailed information. Some presidential candidates voluntarily publicise their revenues and expenditures online.