This Nordic Monitor article reports that Turkey's Presidency of Religious Affairs, the Diyanet, was allocated 35.91 billion lira for 2023, about 1.2 billion dollars, against which it had already spent 34.6 billion lira in the year's first nine months alone, surpassing the nine-month spending of 26 other public institutions including the interior, energy, trade and foreign affairs ministries, and that its 2024 budget request rose to 91.83 billion lira, about 3.18 billion dollars, of which 77.6 billion lira was earmarked for personnel.
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Citation
PublisherNordic Monitor
Publication Year2023
URLhttps://nordicmonitor.com/2023/11/record-surge-in-diyanet-budget-to-serve-erdogans-political-objectives-at-home-and-abroad/
Source Typenews
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
An investigative outlet reporting Diyanet's own published budget request and expenditure figures against the wider Turkish state budget, a checkable fiscal fact rather than a contested interpretation, hence the middle tier. Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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