As of 10 th February 2005, DSİ employs 28,960 personnel, 1,604 of whom (6%) are administrative staff, 4,315 (15%) are technical staff, 22,735 (78%) are manual workers, and 306 (1%) are other personnel.

• 1,935 personnel work at the General Directorate, whereas 27,025 personnel work at Regional Directorates. The professions of technical personnel encompass a wide range of disciplines. The total number of 3,668 engineers are composed of 1,315 (35.9%) civil engineers, 713 (19.4%) agricultural engineers (agronomists), 534 (14.6%) mechanical engineers, 398 (10.8%) geological engineers, 144 (3.9%) surveyors, 125 (3.4%) electrical engineers and 439 (12.0%) engineers from other branches
  
  
  

• In order to raise the technical capacity and efficiency of DSİ staff and to make possible knowledge and experience- sharing, DSİ allows its staff to attend various courses, seminars, panels, symposia and other activities held both at home and abroad. Since DSİ was established, 87,455 (78%) personnel have attended various training activities organized by DSİ whereas 19,170 (17%) personnel have participated in other organizations’ training programs at home. In addition to this, 5,120 (5%) personnel training courses or study tours abroad. In 2004, 201 members of staff went abroad to participate in various technical training programs.
  
  

• The main financial resources of DSİ come from the national budget. For a long time, DSİ’s investment budget had amounted to roughly 1/3 of the state investment budget. While the state investment budget was determined as 10.45 billion YTL in 2005, the DSİ investment budget was set at as 2.67 billion YTL (28.5%). Examination of past investment figures of public institutions in Turkey, reveals that the share of DSİ has decreased from 33.3% to 28.5%. The DSİ budget adds up 3.74 billion YTL, together with current and transfer allocations.
  
  
  

• Another important source of finance in the DSİ investment budget are foreign loans. Before 2003, foreign loans were not included in the DSİ investment budget, but regarded rather as a supplement to this budget. Since a new regulation in 2003 imposed some restrictions on the availability of foreign loans, DSİ has faced some financial difficulties in completion of some projects; therefore, DSİ has suspended them with trace funds in the investment program.
• In 2005, the DSİ budget of 3.74 billion YTL constitutes 2.4% share in the state budget of 156.1 billion YTL. According to the average exchange rate of 1,6 YTL in 2005, the DSİ budget accounts for US$ 2.32 billion, while the DSİ investment budget is US$ 1.65 billion. F oreign loans constitute a 47% share, whereas the national budget sources comprise of 53% of the DSİ investment budget.

DSİ’s Machinery Capacity

• DSİ performs a number of functions such as operation and maintenance services, small dam constructions, dam service road constructions, drilling and injection works, material and equipment transportation, transportation of staff, and flood control activities by means of its own machine park. In addition, as a state emergency force, DSİ’s machinery park is ready for flood and earthquake occurrences. As of 2005, the number of DSİ’s machines is 1,755 units, the estimated value of which is US$ 142.2 million. Details of the machinery park of DSİ are shown bellow:

• Apart from the work machinery above, DSİ has 187 drilling machines with an annual borehole capacity of 150,000 m for the purpose of water extraction and foundation investigation. The value of these machines is approximately US$ 11 million.