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ABOUT TUMIKOM

PURPOSE OF TUMIKOM TUMIKOM, the Association of Parliamentary Monitoring Committees of Turkey, is a elector initiative working to protect the rights of electorate and strengthen democracy in Turkey. Through activities that raise voter awareness, TUMIKOM is working to build more responsive institutions. Its vision is for a sustainable democracy where citizens and elected officials have the highest possible regard for ethics and the rule of law. TUMIKOM IS ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE. TUMIKOM will show that as well as monitoring MPs, as an organization it is taking side in favour of democracy process by sharing its point of view and suggestion with political parties and public, about the issues such as democratization, transparency and political ethics. TUMIKOM's purpose is to increase voter awareness by and informing public about elected officials and publishing its reports regularly and keeping social memory alive. TUMIKOM's monitoring report about 550 MPs activities in parliament is published regularly every year. TUMIKOM's intention is to share objective information with the electorate by highlighting MPs activities without any interpretation. TUMIKOM has taken the first step in Turkey and in the world by its report. It conveyed universally that parliament and the all parliamentarians can be monitored objectively. TUMIKOM's aim is to make a contribution for building a global voter movement where citizens are actively involved in holding legislative bodies accountable for their actions throughout the globe by sharing its knowledge that has gained in Turkey. TUMIKOM's Published Reports TUMIKOM has published seven reports; 1-TUMIKOM published the first National Report on the its foundation day and it was about 320 MPs of 30 province, 32 electoral district that TUMIKOM was organized at that time. (June 1, 2004-Ankara) 2- The second National Report was published by TUMIKOM and was about all the activities of 550 MPs in the parliament. TUMIKOM has broken the new ground in Turkey as well as in the world by this report. It has been proven to the world and Turkey's electorates that the parliament could also be monitored as individual MP's. (August 2, 2005-Ankara) 3- TUMIKOM's third National Report was published about 550 MPs in the parliament.(September 7, 2006-Ankara) 4-TUMIKOM's fourth National Report was published about 550 MPs in the parliament.(July 12, 2007-Ankara) 5- During the 58th and 59th AKP government "Ten Promises" report published and it was about AKP's answers to the questions asked by TUMIKOM before July 2007 general elections. ( July 5, 2007-Istanbul) 6- Evaluation of the early election of MPs on July 22, 2007 was published by TUMIKOM (August 22, 2007) 7- The comparative rate in term of the responsibilities and duties of women MPs to men MPs in the 23rd parliamentary period was published in TUMIKOM report. (December 5, 2007) TUMIKOM Suggestions on about Democratization, Transparency and Political Ethics 1- On demand of TBMM's Head of Democracy Committee, TUMIKOM made some suggestion about the issues such as, "Relations between MPs and electorates, Parliamentary Committee Regulations and Functions of Parliamentary Staff". TUMIKOM prepared the file on these issue and send it to the Head of Democracy Committee in parliament. 2-TUMIKOM made an announcement and drew attention to parties election statements on July 22, 2007 election and lack of solutions on issues like, transparency, political ethic and democratic opening and in the same announcement given some suggestion about these issues.(May 17, 2007) 3- Under the title of "Ten Promises", TUMIKOM asked some question to fifteen different parties Which are going in election, about the issues like "democratic opening, transparency and political ethic in Turkey" and announced to public. ( July 7, 2007) WHAT IS TUMIKOM? TUMIKOM, the Association of Parliamentary Monitoring Committees of Turkey, is a voter movement. TUMIKOM's history begins with the formation of the Committee of Parliamentary Monitors (MIKOM) in the province of Muğla in 1996. And it became a national voters movement in 2003. Today, TUMIKOM is organized in 42 of 81 provinces. And 384 MPs of 550 in parliament are elected from these 42 provinces. WHO CONSTITUTES TUMIKOM? TUMIKOM consists of electorates who have voted for different parties and believed in democracy without remuneration. TUMIKOM's common laws and ethical values have a binding force on its members and volunteers. TUMIKOM assesses its justice and its different structure as its richness. This unique structure has enabled TUMIKOM to be objective and unbiased to any of the parties and at the same time doesn't exclude any of them.