The Role of Parliamentary Audit Committees as a Medium of Political Oversight: The Case of Istanbul District Municipalities

Kamil Özaslan; Abdurrahman Muhammet Banazılı

Makale detayları

The Role of Parliamentary Audit Committees as a Medium of Political Oversight: The Case of Istanbul District Municipalities

Yazarlar:

Kamil Özaslan | Abdurrahman Muhammet Banazılı

Yayıncı:

Ahmet Arif EREN

Ana Başlıklar:

Yerel Yönetimler

Dergi:

Fiscaoeconomia Vol.8 Issue 1, pp.18-37

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001310670

pISSN:

2564-7504

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Özet:

 Municipalities, which are part of the superstructure called the state, can be audited by a number of mechanisms in various aspects, such as whether they carry out their activities in accordance with the duties and powers given to them by law, whether they prefer appropriate means to achieve the determined objectives, whether they use the means and resources in accordance with the law. Political audit, which is one of these mechanisms, is a type of audit carried out by municipal councils in order to ensure whether the organisation and execution of municipal activities are carried out in accordance with the law. However, this oversight relationship between the legislature and the executive may not be functional depending on the weight of the political groups in the parliament due to the way the commission is formed. Based on this problematic situation, the aim of this paper is to reveal how functional parliamentary audit commissions are as a tool of political control in municipal assemblies. In this paper, interviews were conducted with a total of 12 council members working in three district municipalities, two different municipalities where one political group is concentrated in the parliament and one municipality where political groups are close to each other, which were determined by using a purposive sampling approach among the municipalities in Istanbul, which constitute the universe. The interviews were analysed by thematic analysis method and the data obtained were interpreted in accordance with the purpose of the paper. One of the main findings of the paper is that when the mayor and the majority of the members of the commission are from the same party, it is not possible to get out of the party will, and therefore, real and effective decisions cannot be taken in the commission works.

 Municipalities, which are part of the superstructure called the state, can be audited by a number of mechanisms in various aspects, such as whether they carry out their activities in accordance with the duties and powers given to them by law, whether they prefer appropriate means to achieve the determined objectives, whether they use the means and resources in accordance with the law. Political audit, which is one of these mechanisms, is a type of audit carried out by municipal councils in order to ensure whether the organisation and execution of municipal activities are carried out in accordance with the law. However, this oversight relationship between the legislature and the executive may not be functional depending on the weight of the political groups in the parliament due to the way the commission is formed. Based on this problematic situation, the aim of this paper is to reveal how functional parliamentary audit commissions are as a tool of political control in municipal assemblies. In this paper, interviews were conducted with a total of 12 council members working in three district municipalities, two different municipalities where one political group is concentrated in the parliament and one municipality where political groups are close to each other, which were determined by using a purposive sampling approach among the municipalities in Istanbul, which constitute the universe. The interviews were analysed by thematic analysis method and the data obtained were interpreted in accordance with the purpose of the paper. One of the main findings of the paper is that when the mayor and the majority of the members of the commission are from the same party, it is not possible to get out of the party will, and therefore, real and effective decisions cannot be taken in the commission works.

 Municipalities, which are part of the superstructure called the state, can be audited by a number of mechanisms in various aspects, such as whether they carry out their activities in accordance with the duties and powers given to them by law, whether they prefer appropriate means to achieve the determined objectives, whether they use the means and resources in accordance with the law. Political audit, which is one of these mechanisms, is a type of audit carried out by municipal councils in order to ensure whether the organisation and execution of municipal activities are carried out in accordance with the law. However, this oversight relationship between the legislature and the executive may not be functional depending on the weight of the political groups in the parliament due to the way the commission is formed. Based on this problematic situation, the aim of this paper is to reveal how functional parliamentary audit commissions are as a tool of political control in municipal assemblies. In this paper, interviews were conducted with a total of 12 council members working in three district municipalities, two different municipalities where one political group is concentrated in the parliament and one municipality where political groups are close to each other, which were determined by using a purposive sampling approach among the municipalities in Istanbul, which constitute the universe. The interviews were analysed by thematic analysis method and the data obtained were interpreted in accordance with the purpose of the paper. One of the main findings of the paper is that when the mayor and the majority of the members of the commission are from the same party, it is not possible to get out of the party will, and therefore, real and effective decisions cannot be taken in the commission works.

 Devlet denilen üst yapının birer parçası olan belediyeler yasalarla kendilerine verilen görev ve yetkilere uygun olarak faaliyet yürütüp yürütmedikleri, belirlenen amaçlara ulaşmak için uygun araçları tercih edip etmedikleri, imkân ve kaynakları hukuka uygun şekilde kullanılıp kullanılmadıkları gibi çeşitli açılardan birtakım mekanizmalarla denetlenebilmektedirler. Bu mekanizmalardan biri olan siyasal denetim, belediye faaliyetlerinin düzenlenmesi ve yürütülmesi süreçlerinin hukuka uygun şekilde yapılıp yapılmadığını anlamak için belediye meclisleri tarafından yürütülen bir denetim türüdür. Ancak yasama ve yürütme arasında kurulan bu denetim ilişkisi komisyonun oluşturuluş şekli nedeniyle meclisteki siyasi grupların ağırlığına göre işlerliğini yitirebilmektedir. Bu sorunsaldan hareketle çalışmanın amacı belediye meclislerinde siyasal denetim aracı olarak meclis denetim komisyonlarının ne denli işler olduğunu ortaya koymaktır. Bu çalışmada, evreni oluşturan İstanbuldaki belediyeler içerisinde maksatlı amaçsal örneklem yaklaşımı kullanılarak belirlenen, mecliste bir siyasi grubun yoğun olduğu iki farklı belediye ile siyasi grupların birbirine yakın sayıda olduğu bir belediye olmak üzere, üç ilçe belediyesinde görevli toplam 12 meclis üyesiyle görüşmeler yapılmıştır. Görüşmeler tematik analiz yöntemiyle analiz edilerek elde edilen veriler çalışmanın amacına uygun olarak yorumlanmıştır. Belediye başkanı ile komisyonun çoğunluğunu oluşturan üyelerin aynı partiden oluşması durumunda parti iradesinden çıkılamaması, dolayısıyla komisyon çalışmalarında reel ve etkin kararların alınamaması araştırmada sonucunda elde edilen başlıca bulgular arasında yer almaktadır.

Makale detayları

The Role of Parliamentary Audit Committees as a Medium of Political Oversight: The Case of Istanbul District Municipalities

Yazarlar:

Kamil Özaslan | Abdurrahman Muhammet Banazılı

Yayıncı:

Ahmet Arif EREN

Ana Başlıklar:

Yerel Yönetimler

Dergi:

Fiscaoeconomia Vol.8 Issue 1, pp.18-37

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001310670

pISSN:

2564-7504

Municipalities

Political Audit

Parliamentary Audit Commissions

IstanbulBelediyeler

Siyasi Denetim

Meclis Denetim Komisyonları

İstanbul

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Kamil Özaslan | Abdurrahman Muhammet Banazılı

Yayıncı: Ahmet Arif EREN

Ana Başlıklar: Yerel Yönetimler

Dergi: Fiscaoeconomia Vol.8 Issue 1, pp.18-37

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 1/2024

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001310670

pISSN: 2564-7504

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Kamil Özaslan | Abdurrahman Muhammet Banazılı

Yayıncı:

Ahmet Arif EREN

Ana Başlıklar:

Yerel Yönetimler

Dergi:

Fiscaoeconomia Vol.8 Issue 1, pp.18-37

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

1/2024

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001310670

pISSN:

2564-7504