Ekonomik ve Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi

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The subject of this study is the general appearance of waste in public institutions. This waste causes significant damage and burden to individual, societal, and state life, and it is a socioeconomic and administrative issue. This study will also examine the importance of anti-waste policies in effective public service delivery. The aim of the study is to identify the areas of waste in the use of public resources and the realization of public expenditures, to discuss the importance and necessity of acting in accordance with anti-waste policies and savings measures, and to propose solutions to prevent waste. In this study, document analysis technique, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. The main sources of data for the study are reports, documents and publications of official and private institutions, and up-to-date domestic and foreign works were consulted for the study. The study revealed that public expenditures have increased as a consequence of administrative expansion and the growth in the number of public personnel. In order to achieve administrative efficiency and accountability, it is necessary to reform the legal and institutional capacity. Furthermore, the study identified that audits should be designed to guarantee the optimal utilisation of resources and social benefit, in addition to adherence to legislation. The establishment of a platform analogous to the Presidential Communication Center (CIMER) within public institutions, as a conduit for the internal self-control system, would facilitate the expedient identification of responsible parties, in addition to the detection of misconduct and errors in the delivery of public services. This would be instrumental in ensuring administrative efficiency. The study also showed that there is a great gap in academic studies on wastage in the fields of public administration and finance and that it would be beneficial for academics working in these departments to contribute to the field by conducting research on the subject.