Youth and Sports Minister Osman Aşkın Bak presented his ministry’s 2027 budget of 399.7 billion lira to parliament’s Plan and Budget Committee on Tuesday, 10 November, Anadolu Agency (AA) and ANKA reported.
The committee, chaired by AK Party Samsun MP Mehmet Muş, is reviewing the 2027 budget ministry by ministry this week, AA and Politikam reported in their weekly parliament previews. Tuesday’s session also covered the ministry’s 2025 final accounts and the reports of the Court of Accounts (Sayıştay), the state audit body, according to ANKA and AA.
Spending and the 2025 accounts
The ministry’s proposed budget for 2027 is 399,705,558,000 lira, AA and ANKA reported. Bak said the ministry spent about 239.08 billion lira in 2025 and that there was no spending above the allocated amount, according to both agencies.
Dormitories and student support
Bak said the ministry now has 880 student dormitories with 1,003,259 beds in 81 provinces, 271 districts and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, compared with 190 dormitories and 182,258 beds in 2002, AA and ANKA reported. For the 2026-2027 academic year, 301,677 of 313,926 applicants were placed, a rate of about 96 percent.
Monthly student support is 4,000 lira for undergraduates, 8,000 lira for master’s students and 12,000 lira for doctoral students, and 1,518,166 students receive a grant or loan, according to both agencies.
In the earthquake region, 11 dormitories with 12,106 beds and 131 facilities have been completed at a cost of 8.89 billion lira, AA and ANKA reported.
Sport and major events
Bak said 42 of 49 planned stadium projects have been completed, seven are under construction, and a new 50,000-seat stadium is planned in Ankara, AA and ANKA reported. The number of licensed athletes has risen to 19,662,385 from 278,046 in 2002, he said.
Istanbul will host the 2027 UEFA Conference League final and the 2027 European Games, with about 6,000 athletes expected, according to both agencies. Bak also said Türkiye’s Formula 1 Grand Prix has returned under a five-year agreement that keeps the race on the calendar until the end of the 2031 season; see our earlier report on the Formula 1 return announced at WTM London.
On illegal betting and online gambling, Bak said they threaten young people, families and the integrity of sport, and that the ministry is working with the justice and interior ministries and sports federations under an action plan issued in November 2025, AA and ANKA reported.
The committee continues on Wednesday with the Family and Social Services Ministry and on Thursday with the National Education Ministry. For earlier sessions, see our reports on the finance ministry’s budget and the labour ministry’s budget.
Sources
- Gençlik ve Spor Bakanlığının 2027 yılı bütçesi TBMM Plan ve Bütçe Komisyonunda (Haberler.com / AA)
- Spor Bakanı Bak 2027 bütçesini sundu, milli sporcular 5 bin 862 madalya kazandı (Haberler.com / AA)
- Gençlik ve Spor Bakanı Bak, 2027 bütçesini 399,7 milyar lira olarak açıkladı (Haberler.com / ANKA)
- TBMM’de bu hafta Yabancı Dijital Konaklama Platformları Kanunu Teklifi görüşülecek (Foreks / AA)
- TBMM bu hafta gündem 9-13 Kasım 2026 (Politikam)
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