Based on this information, write a new short title in English: Budgets of institutions affiliated with the Prime Ministry have been approved – BRTK

In the General Assembly of the Assembly, the Cyprus Foundations Administration’s 2025 budgets of 550 million 896 thousand TL, the Religious Affairs Department’s budget of 571 million 539 thousand TL and the High Council of Publications (YYK)’s budget of 20 million 638 thousand TL were voted on. was approved by the majority.

At the General Assembly, firstly, President of the Economy, Finance, Budget and Planning Committee, Resimye Eroğlu Canaltay, read the report on the budget of the Cyprus Foundations Administration. Then, Republican Turkish Party (CTP) Deputy Sıla Usar İncirli took the floor regarding the Foundations Administration budget.

In his speech here, Incirli pointed out that the Cyprus Foundations Administration is the most established institution of the country and noted that the Foundations Administration is one of the two internationally recognized institutions in the country.

Stating that the Foundations Administration has built schools, supported schools, institutions, government buildings, built social housing and provided many other important services for many years, İncirli gave examples of these services and said that they could never be forgotten.

Stating that the Foundations Administration, which has a budget of approximately 500 million TL, has a large budget, much larger than some ministries, İncirli said, “It is an important institution, but its budget is also very important.” he said. Incirli also reminded that Foundations have their own income, and noted that every penny in this country is the national wealth of the Turkish Cypriots, and that expenses must be shared transparently.

Stating that when the budget of the Foundations Administration is examined, especially the budgets in some items attract attention, Incirlik asked what the services are in the 48 million “outsourcing” item. Incirli also said that there were two different 30 million TL “other service procurement” items and stated that he could not see activities corresponding to these service procurements in the activity report. Stating that the biggest item is “transfers for social purposes” with 203 million TL, İncirli called for these expenditures to be shared with the public.

Asking what the Foundations Administration, which has left many works in the past, will leave behind today, Incirli noted that such a valuable institution for the country should not move away from transparency in order to survive for many more years. Deputy İncirli wished success to the new administration of the Foundations Administration and hoped that they would show sensitivity on these issues.

CTP Deputy Salahi Şahiner also took the floor after İncirli, pointing to the recent tender of the Foundations Administration for the rental of citrus land for 10 years, and argued that this tender was not heard of by the citizens in the region. Şahiner called for tender announcement methods to be more transparent and comprehensive.

Then, the bill was voted and accepted by majority vote, with 28 votes in favor and 6 votes against.

– Religious Affairs Department budget

Following the 2025 budget of the Foundations Administration, the Religious Affairs Department budget of 571 million 539 thousand TL was discussed.

The report on the department budget was read by the President of the Economy, Finance, Budget and Plan Committee, Resimye Eroğlu Canaltay. Then, CTP Deputy Ürün Solyalı took the floor regarding the budget.

In his speech here, Deputy Product Solyalı criticized the President of Religious Affairs for not being present in the budget discussions and noted that the Department of Religious Affairs has a large budget, more than the total budget of many institutions. Solyalı explained that 530 million of this budget will be transferred from the state contribution and 35 million will be transferred from the Foundations Administration, and expressed his hope that the budget will be used correctly.

Listing the duties and powers of the Department of Religious Affairs written in the law, Solyalı noted that among these are informing the public about religion, carrying out activities aimed at social solidarity and integration in line with the principle of secularism, and reminded them of the discussions they had on secularism in the Parliament.

Pointing out that the Department of Religious Affairs is an institution affiliated with the Prime Ministry, Solyalı recalled the statements made by the Head of the Department, Ahmet Ünsal, against women in the past years, which attracted public attention, and argued that these statements were not in accordance with the law, and criticized the fact that the government did not take any steps against these statements.

Deputy Solyalı evaluated the budgets allocated to some items and stated that energy and fuel expenses were high, and underlined the importance of the state controlling religious education.

CTP Deputy Şifa Çolakoğlu also took the floor and thanked Deputy Solyalı for his speech.

After the speeches, voting started. The budget draft was accepted by majority vote, with 27 votes in favor and 6 rejections.

– Broadcasting Supreme Council budget

Following the budget of the Department of Religious Affairs, the 2025 budget of the High Board of Broadcasting, worth 20 million 638 thousand TL, started to be discussed.

After the report was read by the Committee Chairman, MPs did not take the floor regarding the budget. Voting started for the budget bill and the bill was accepted by majority vote with 28 votes in favor and 8 votes against.

– Personal Data Protection Board budget

Then, the Personal Data Protection Board’s 2025 budget of 10 million 105 thousand TL was discussed.

The committee report on the budget was shared by the Chairman of the Economy, Finance, Budget and Plan Committee, Resimye Eroğlu Canaltay.

Speaking about the budget, CTP Deputy and Deputy Speaker of the Republic Assembly, Fazilet Özdenefe, pointed out the importance of the Personal Data Protection Board in artificial intelligence and the digital age, and argued that this Board was not given due importance.

Özdenefe reminded the delays in activities due to the late enactment of the Personal Data Protection Law and the subsequent delays in the regulations, and noted that there was an obligation to inform within the scope of the law and that this was requested. Özdenefe asked how many real and legal persons fulfilled this obligation.

Speaking about the fact that the current law is not practical and that it needs to be revised to current conditions, Özdenefe noted that the Board does not have a staff and a place reserved for the Board.

Stating that data is constantly requested from citizens in daily life, Özdenefe drew attention to the sensitivity of these data.

Touching on the “right to be forgotten”, which is seriously discussed in the world, Özdenefe underlined the importance of this right and repeated his previous calls on this issue.

After the speeches, Prime Minister Ünal Üstel took the floor and responded to criticisms and questions.