13. Is there a ban on donations from any other source?
Turkey
P 7, 'Section 66 LPP regulates donations to political parties. Under this provision, political parties areprohibited from receiving material or in-kind contributions from foreign States, internationalorganisations and foreign natural or legal persons.17 Furthermore, public institutions with generaland annex budgets, local governments and local headmen, public economic enterprises, banks and other institutions established on the basis of special laws or on authorisation granted byspecial laws, enterprises which are not considered to be public but do comprise some capitalbelonging to the State or institutions, administrations, enterprises, banks or bodies belonging tothe aforementioned organisations, cannot donate any movable or immovable properties or cashor rights and cannot waive the use of such properties or rights without cost; they cannot beinvolved in any disposition concerning the transfer of donations in kind to political parties beyondthe provisions of law to which they are attached. By contrast, professional organisations in theform of public institutions, trade unions and employers? associations and their seniororganisations, associations, foundations and cooperatives can provide aid and donations topolitical parties provided that they comply with the provisions included in their special laws.' (Source: GRECO (2010) Evaluation Report on Turkey, Transparency of Party Funding (Theme II))
