Newsletter-21

108 NEWSLETTER 2016 his own discretion, is entitled to transfer such reserve amount to the MoH’s budget. Finally, another alternative way to create an additional budget available to the MoH is through the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The Grand National Assembly of Turkey may enact a law to transfer additional funds to the MoH’s budget for its outstanding payment obligations. The Minister of Finance is authorized to determine recording the outstanding debts of the respective year into the accounts of the fol- lowing year as income and payment and to determine the procedures and the principles for the transactions to be conducted. MoH’s Budget for 2016 The lease payments of the MoH within a calendar year will be added to the allowance proposal ceilings to be submitted by the MoH for the yearly budget preparations. It is set out under the Revolving Capital Law that one billion Turkish Liras as a revolving capital fund is allocated for central and provincial organizations, and eight billion Turkish Liras, as revolving capital fund, is allocated for the Public Hospitals Institution of Turkey ( Türkiye Kamu Hastaneleri Kurumu ). Such amounts may be increased each year by the Council of Ministers depending on the necessity. As per the Regulation on the Procedures and Principles of the Duties of the MoH and its Affiliated Institutions 10 , the affiliated in- stitutions of the MoH will be comprised of the Institution of Public Hospitals of Turkey ( Türkiye Kamu Hastaneleri Kurumu ), the Pub- lic Health Institution of Turkey ( Türkiye Halk Sağlığı Kurumu ), the Medicine and Medical Device Institution of Turkey ( Türkiye İlaç ve Tıbbî Cihaz Kurumu ) and the General Directorate of Health for Bor- ders and Coasts of Turkey ( Türkiye Hudut ve Sahiller Sağlık Genel Müdürlüğü ). The Medium-Term Financial Plan (2016-2018) provides the allowance proposal ceilings for the MoH and its affiliated institu- tions for the year 2016, which is comprised of the following amounts: 10 Regulation on the Procedures and Principles of the Duties of the MoH and its Affiliated Institutions published in official gazette dated 7 March 2012 and num- bered 28226.