‘Management Change’ Statement by Eurostat on TurkStat

The main provider of all kinds of data about European countries. European Union Statistical Institute (Eurostat)made important statements regarding Turkey’s statistics field today. Eurostat answered the questions asked by the world regarding the Turkish Statistical Institute by quoting the European Commission 2021 report. The institution announced that for some reason it damaged the reliability of TÜİK.

“Have you observed any improvement or deterioration in TurkStat’s fulfillment of its duties, accuracy and independence?Answering the question ”, Eurostat stated that Turkey is moderately prepared in the field of statistics. The institution is committed to improving Turkey’s level of alignment with the EU ruleset, annual national accounts and the Excessive Deficit Procedure. making progress expressed. However, the frequent changes in the head of TurkStat and other management positions. seriously undermines credibility. expressed.

“Recommendations made last year have been implemented to a limited extent”

Eurostat then announced that they saw that the recommendations made last year were implemented to a limited extent by TURKSTAT. “To what extent can you have a say when your advice is not followed? any Any chance to set a binding rule?He answered the question as follows:

“The Annual Report on Turkey includes a section devoted to statistics where the Commission provides information on progress in this area. Progress in statistics, the backbone of good policy making, is reported in other sections, including economic benchmarks. Turkey is not a member of the EU, so the legal basis of European Statistics is not binding for Turkey.

The above-mentioned annual report on Turkey provides an overview of priority actions to be taken by Turkey as a candidate country that is expected to gradually align with the acquis. Offers guidance and advice. In general terms, there is traditionally good cooperation with TurkStat.”