578 vehicle warning from the Court of Accounts to IMM! 'Open to abuse' detection in the audit report

In the report prepared by the Court of Accounts, it was stated that some vehicles were not registered in the system created to keep track of all vehicles within the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and that the vehicle inventory did not reflect the real situation. The report pointed out that the Support Services Branch Directorate of the IMM Support Services Department was given the task of tracking all official and rented vehicles serving under the municipality, and emphasized that the vehicles were tracked through the AYS created by the directorate.

THE COURT OF ACCOUNT DETERMINED THAT 578 VEHICLES BELONGING TO IMM ARE NOT REGISTERED IN THE SYSTEM

The report underlines that certain rules have been determined to ensure that the vehicles within the administration are not excluded from the AYS, and within this framework, it is mandatory for the vehicles to be registered with the AYS in order to receive fuel from the municipality's fuel stations, and the following statements are included:

"During the examination, the number of vehicles in all service units of the Administration was requested, and in line with the answers, it was understood that there were a total of 7 thousand 609 vehicles within the IMM. However, as of December 31, 2025, it was determined that the number of vehicles registered in the AYS was 7 thousand 31. When the details of the vehicle lists were examined in order to determine the difference between the vehicle list coming from the service units and the vehicle list in the AYS, it was seen that there were vehicles within the service units but not in the AYS. It was understood that there were 578 vehicles."

The report also points out that there are 831 vehicles that are registered in the AYS but are not included in the list sent by the service units. "These vehicles have also been added to the total number of vehicles, but it is not understood how many of these vehicles are actively used within the service units and how many of them have not been removed from the AYS records even though their usage period has expired." detection was made.

It was mentioned in the report that there is a risk of purchasing fuel from the municipality's fuel stations, as the vehicles acquired through tender, which are registered in the system but not in the list of service units, are not deleted from the register even though the tender is over.

In the said report, "It is considered that there is a risk of providing surplus vehicles since it is not known how many vehicles there are within the administration, and since it cannot be determined whether the vehicles causing the difference in the list are in public service, they are open to abuse and pose a risk." evaluation was made.

IMM'S ANSWER IS INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

In the report in which the Court of Accounts conveyed its findings on the subject, IMM's answers regarding this issue were also included. It was noted that IMM stated that "vehicles procured officially and through tenders are registered in the AYS, and vehicle information is periodically requested from the units and updates are made."