Niğde Municipality allocated 2 million TL to its YouTube channel for 9 months.

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While savings policies continue within the framework of tightening public finance, the budget allocated by Niğde Municipality for its YouTube channel has reignited discussions.

MINISTER ŞİMŞEK HAD SAID "FOLLOW THE RULES"

During the Kızılcahamam camp, Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek stated that mayors need to comply with savings, emphasizing that the savings package also includes municipalities. He said, "Public savings measures fully bind municipalities. Your financial situation does not look good. The annual personnel expenses of municipalities cannot exceed 30% of budget revenues. None of you are complying with the law. Follow the existing financial rules."

2 MILLION TL TENDER FROM NİĞDE MUNICIPALITY

Following these statements, while municipalities put the brakes on their expenditures, the opposite situation occurred in Niğde Municipality. The municipality awarded a tender of 2 million TL to a company for managing its YouTube channel, which only broadcasts cooking videos, for 9 months.

Here is the document that sparked the discussions;

ELECTED WITH A 10 POINT DIFFERENCE

In the March 31, 2024 Local Elections, AK Party candidate Emrah Özdemir received 36.22% of the votes in Niğde, while CHP's candidate Hulus Özen remained at 25.59%.