Budget statement from Minister Elvan

Budget statement from Minister Elvan Treasury and Finance Minister Lütfi Elvan made statements regarding the 2020 budget results. Minister Elvan said, "Our budget deficit for 2020 was 172.7 billion liras, below the targeted 239.2 billion liras and we saved 66.5 billion liras." said.

Treasury and Finance Minister Lütfi Elvan "We will never make concessions from fiscal discipline, except for the area that will require the fight against the epidemic. Public finance policies in line with the anti-inflation policies will continue. We are taking permanent measures to improve the 2021 budget." said.

Treasury and Finance Minister Lütfi Elvan used the following statements in his statement on his social media account:

"Our budget deficit for 2020 was 172.7 billion lira, below the targeted 239.2 billion lira, and we saved 66.5 billion lira.

We will never compromise on financial discipline, except for the area where the fight against the epidemic will require.

Public finance policies in line with anti-inflation policies will continue.

We are taking permanent measures to improve the 2021 budget.

Within this framework, we aim for the budget deficit for 2021 as 3.5%.

The macroeconomic policies we envision to implement will ensure a balanced demand and sustainable growth. "