Abstract
The International Anti-Corruption Index has been issued annually, by the International Transparency, headquartered in Berlin, for the last 3 years. This index as- signs to clean countries are assigned the highest scores out of 10, whereas corrupt ones assigned low sscores. Thus the cleanest country, Denmark was given 9.94 and the most corrupt country, Nigeria received 1.76 in 1997. The index is mostly based on the perceptions of businessmen in developed countries and on evaluations of economists and institutions doing studies relating to corruption. When released, this index caused many countries to take anti-corruption measures. As a result, for instance, Pakistan's position which was the second worst in the index in 1996 has changed considerably.
It is unfortunate that the index score of Turkey, which was 3.54 in 1996, dropped to 3.21 in 1997, showing that corruption is perceived as increasing. For this reason, I recommend the mtroduction of a personal wealth tax on businessmen, bureaucrats and politicans, which will enable them to be accountable when presented with corruption allegations. This will also act as a preventive measure in coping with corruption. I also recommend taking some lessons from the experiences of the UK and the Germany in the fight against corruption. Based on the experiences of these countries, an independent auditing system should be established first. Otherwise, allegations of corruption cases will easily be politicised leading to more corruption, every type of bribery, and less democratic accountability.
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| Primary Language | Turkish |
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| Journal Section | Makaleler |
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| Publication Date | June 22, 1998 |
| Published in Issue | Year 1998 |