The Turkish Parliament has approved the budget of the Ministry of National Defence (MND) for Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12) at TRY18.2 billion (USD9.6 billion), marking a 7.4 per cent increase on 2011. The MND budget will make up 1.3 per cent of Turkey's gross domestic product (GDP) for 2012. However, these figures and ratios do not include extra-budgetary resources earmarked for defence, which are not available to legislators. The unavailability of some spending figures for defence and security prevents a clear distinction being made between domestic security spending and military expenditures, according to a report released by Istanbul-based Bilgi University in November.
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