GRECO Addresses 21 Recommendations to Turkey

PanARMENIAN.Net - November 30 the Council of Europe's Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) has published today its Joint First and Second Round Evaluation Report on Turkey, which joined GRECO in 2004. The report focuses on general anti-corruption policies, specialization of law enforcement bodies in fighting corruption, independence of the judiciary, immunity from prosecution for corruption offences, the deprivation of benefits drawn from corrupt acts, measures to counter corruption in public administration and the prevention of legal persons - such as commercial companies - from being used as shields for corruption.



GRECO addresses 21 recommendations to Turkey. They aim at improving the implementation of the overall anti-corruption policies. Moreover, it is recommended to consider reforming the system of administrative investigation, which may be subject to political influence, and to reduce the number of categories of public officials who benefit from immunities. It is also recommended that an Ombudsman institution be established and that the independence of recent bodies, such as the Ethics. GRECO will monitor the implementation of the recommendations to Turkey towards the end of 2007, reports the Communications Directorate of the Council of Europe.