Abstract:

In order to observe the state of economies over the years, their performance should be analyzed accurately. Macroeconomic performance analyzes with more than one criterion provide the opportunity to comment from a broader perspective. The aim of this study is to analyze the performance of the public finance outlook of the Turkish economy in the 2000-2021 period. Although there are studies on Turkey's macroeconomic performance, no study on public financial performance has been found. The COPRAS (Complex Proportional Assessment) method was preferred for performance analysis. Turkey's public finance performance was analyzed with seven criteria. These criteria are; central government budget net borrowing requirement/GDP, European Union Defined General Government Debt Stock/GDP, Primary Balance/GDP, Interest Expenditures/Consolidated Budget Expenditures, Local Governments Net Borrowing Requirement/GDP, Indirect Taxes/Total Tax Revenues, General Budget Tax Revenue Collection Rates, Education. As a result of the performance analysis, in the 2000-2021 period of Turkey, the public financial performance was the worst in 2001, and the year with the highest score was 2011. It was understood that the performance scores especially in the period of 2000-2009 were lower than the other years.

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