Haberler      English      العربية      Pусский      Kurdî      Türkçe
  En.Haberler.Com - Latest News
SEARCH IN NEWS:
  HOME PAGE 28/03/2024 15:38 
News  > 

28,000 Recruited To State Positions Without Taking KPSS

30.03.2015 19:52

Approximately 28,000 people have been recruited by state agencies without taking the obligatory State Personnel Examination (KPSS) since 2006, due to their ties to ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) officials, according to data gathered by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.

Approximately 28,000 people have been recruited by state agencies without taking the obligatory State Personnel Examination (KPSS) since 2006, due to their ties to ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) officials, according to data gathered by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.

According to this data, tens of thousands of recruits were first hired under the status of “corporate contract,” then recruited to state agencies permanently. Among those employed without having taken the KPSS were middle school and high school graduates. There are even some who were below the age of 18 when recruited to state positions.

Most of those hired were relatives of high-ranking AK Party officials. Though they were never required to take the KPSS, almost 3.5 million people take the obligatory exam each year in order to be recruited as civil servants.

The KPSS is a centralized exam used to determine those eligible to be employed in the public sector.

According to the ministry's data, relatives of high-ranking AK Party members are generally recruited to state positions, such as advisers, executive assistants and press advisers, which do not require a KPSS score. Labor and Social Security Minister Faruk Çelik had earlier announced that 787 people had been recruited to state positions in this way. However, the number of those hired with links to the AK Party is not limited to these 787 people.

There is another way the AK Party is able to recruit people who are exempt from taking the KPSS. Some state agencies such as municipalities, the Housing Development Administration of Turkey (TOKİ), the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning, the Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities, and the Turkish Cooperation and Development Agency (TİKA) first hire these people under the status of “corporate contract,” without a KPSS score, and later recruit them to permanent public positions. The number of such people employed by state agencies has stood at 28,000 since 2006, according to the ministry data.

According to media reports, some of these people who are exempt from taking the exam due to links to the AK Party receive high salaries regularly, although they do not even come to their workplaces.

In January, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman and party spokesperson Haluk Koç revealed three successive lists of individuals -- including the children, relatives and even friends of ruling party ministers -- who were hired by state agencies without passing the KPSS. Furthermore, 61 people were detained related to allegations of cheating in the 2010 KPSS. In addition to the 61 people detained, an Ankara prosecutor has ordered the detention of 21 others, indicating that new waves of detentions are in the pipeline.

The case was initially opened in 2010 after more than 3,227 people answered most or all of the questions on the KPSS correctly, leading to claims that some of the candidates had either cheated during the test or obtained the questions beforehand. It was also revealed that some of the most successful candidates were either friends living in the same house or were married to each other. Revelations then emerged that copies of the KPSS questions had been obtained and shared among thousands of candidates before the day of the exam.

The investigation into the KPSS scandal is being criticized for being politically motivated. According to some claims, the AK Party launched this operation in order to create a negative perception among the public that will pave the way to cancel the exam completely.

A government whistleblower who writes under the pseudonym Fuat Avni, and who claims to be in President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's inner circle, had earlier revealed that the government was preparing to permanently lift the KPSS requirement in order to open the way for the recruitment of people close to the AK Party. (Cihan/Today's Zaman)



 
Latest News
  • Ukraine Needs 'Qualitatively Better' Western Support: Ex-US Ambassador To NATO
  • Former US diplomat Kurt Volker expects situation in Russia Ukraine war to ‘look the same for the next many months’ ‘Very strong will in Europe’ to help Ukraine, says Volker, dismissing concerns of division among European powers Main challenge in US support for Ukraine is ‘prioritization,’...
  • 14 minutes ago...





 
 
Top News