Purchasing and Procurement Legislation within the Scope of the Logistic Activities of the Ministry of National Defence (1923-1938)

After the establishment of Republic of Turkey, the Ministry of National Defense took an active responsibility to meet the needs of Turkish Armed Forces according to the conditions of the period. The Ministry of National Defense accepted the procurement legislation in order to use the fund assigned to itself by the budget laws particularly for logistic activities. In order to implement this legislation, first a procurement law which was to be enforced by all the government agencies was enacted by the Turkish Grand National Assembly in 1925. Then in 1934 a new law was enacted in this respect. A powerful purchasing organization was formed by the Ministry of National Defense within itself and the Turkish Armed Forces in order to rightly meet the requirements of this legislation. The General Accounting Law, which was enacted by the Turkish Grand National Assembly in this period, was an important regulation to keep the accounts of all the elements that became state property together with purchasing activities. This law introduced new principles for the future works of government agencies about the budget and the use of assigned resources. In these legal studies prepared within the scope of the subject, arrangements were made to give priority and provide convenience to security related issues