Local Administration Reforms in Turkey: Municipal Administration

Alparslan Akarca

Makale detayları

Local Administration Reforms in Turkey: Municipal Administration

Yazarlar:

Alparslan Akarca

Yayıncı:

Ordu University

Ana Başlıklar:

Kamu Yönetimi

Dergi:

Ordu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.13 Issue 2, pp.1545-1568

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001296129

pISSN:

1309-9302

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Özet:

 The purpose of this essay is to analyze the past and pressent local administration reforms and the system of municipal administration in Turkey. The ultimate aim of the research is to find out the main trends of administrative reforms in Turkey. This is a comparative study, which analyzes the laws and regulations regarding local administration. The information relevant to the subject has been obtained from a literature review. Administrative reforms, from the late Ottoman period to the present, have given people the right to participate in political and public affairs. Besides local social dynamics, central authority has played a major role in leading the reform movements. The main objective of reform movements is to improve local socio-economic conditions and maintain political satability of the country. Alhough central administration has carried out local administration reforms. municipalities have become prominent in local administration system. Nevertheless, it is a fact that this is the consequence of socio-economic development in Turkey. Because of the migration from rural to urban areas, urban population has increased; therefore, many cities have become larger. Thus growing cities have forced governments to establish metropolitan municipalities. As a result, there has been a growing political tendency in administrative decentralization. Although the central government holds the political power de jure and de facto, local administrative reforms have given the opportunity for municipalities to become relatively more independent from central government in Turkey.

 The purpose of this essay is to analyze the past and pressent local administration reforms and the system of municipal administration in Turkey. The ultimate aim of the research is to find out the main trends of administrative reforms in Turkey. This is a comparative study, which analyzes the laws and regulations regarding local administration. The information relevant to the subject has been obtained from a literature review. Administrative reforms, from the late Ottoman period to the present, have given people the right to participate in political and public affairs. Besides local social dynamics, central authority has played a major role in leading the reform movements. The main objective of reform movements is to improve local socio-economic conditions and maintain political satability of the country. Alhough central administration has carried out local administration reforms. municipalities have become prominent in local administration system. Nevertheless, it is a fact that this is the consequence of socio-economic development in Turkey. Because of the migration from rural to urban areas, urban population has increased; therefore, many cities have become larger. Thus growing cities have forced governments to establish metropolitan municipalities. As a result, there has been a growing political tendency in administrative decentralization. Although the central government holds the political power de jure and de facto, local administrative reforms have given the opportunity for municipalities to become relatively more independent from central government in Turkey.

 The purpose of this essay is to analyze the past and pressent local administration reforms and the system of municipal administration in Turkey. The ultimate aim of the research is to find out the main trends of administrative reforms in Turkey. This is a comparative study, which analyzes the laws and regulations regarding local administration. The information relevant to the subject has been obtained from a literature review. Administrative reforms, from the late Ottoman period to the present, have given people the right to participate in political and public affairs. Besides local social dynamics, central authority has played a major role in leading the reform movements. The main objective of reform movements is to improve local socio-economic conditions and maintain political satability of the country. Alhough central administration has carried out local administration reforms. municipalities have become prominent in local administration system. Nevertheless, it is a fact that this is the consequence of socio-economic development in Turkey. Because of the migration from rural to urban areas, urban population has increased; therefore, many cities have become larger. Thus growing cities have forced governments to establish metropolitan municipalities. As a result, there has been a growing political tendency in administrative decentralization. Although the central government holds the political power de jure and de facto, local administrative reforms have given the opportunity for municipalities to become relatively more independent from central government in Turkey.

 Bu makalenin amacı Türkiyede geçmiş ve günümüzde yerel yönetim reformları ve belediye yönetimi sistemini analiz etmektir. Bu araştırmanın nihai hedefi Türkiyede idari reformların ana eğilimlerini tespit etmektir. Bu, yerel yönetimle alakalı hukuki mevzuat ve düzenlemeleri analiz eden, karşılaştırmalı bir çalışmadır. Konuyla ilgili enformasyon literatür taraması yoluyla elde edilmiştir. Osmanlı geç döneminden günümüze idari reformlar halka siyasal ve kamusal işlere katılma hakkı tanımıştır. Yerel toplumsal dinamiklerin yanı sıra, merkezi otorite reform hareketlerine liderlik etmede büyük bir rol oynamıştır. Reform hareketlerinin ana hedefi, yerel sosyo-ekonomik koşulları geliştirmek ve ülkenin siyasal istikrarını sağlamaktır. Yerel idari reformları merkezi otorite gerçekleştirmiş olmakla birlikte, yerel yönetim sisteminde belediyeler öne çıkmıştır. Ancak, gerçekte bu, Türkiyedeki sosyo-ekonomik gelişmenin bir sonucudur. Kırdan kentsel alanlara göç dolayısıyla, şehir nüfusu artmış, birçok kent daha büyük hale gelmiştir. Böylelikle, büyüyen kentler hükümetleri büyükşehir belediyeleri kurmaya zorlamıştır. Sonuç olarak, idari ademi merkezileşme yönünde büyüyen bir politik eğilim ortaya çıkmıştır. Merkezi hükümet kanunen ve fiilen politik gücü elinde tutmakla birlikte, Türkiyede yerel yönetim reformları belediyelere merkezi hükümetten görece daha bağımsız olma imkanı tanımıştır.

Makale detayları

Local Administration Reforms in Turkey: Municipal Administration

Yazarlar:

Alparslan Akarca

Yayıncı:

Ordu University

Ana Başlıklar:

Kamu Yönetimi

Dergi:

Ordu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.13 Issue 2, pp.1545-1568

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001296129

pISSN:

1309-9302

Local Governance

Administrative Reform

Municipality Administration

Metropolitan Municipality

Municipality LawYerel Yönetim

İdari Reform

Belediye Yönetimi

Büyülşehir Belediyesi

Belediye Kanunu

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Alparslan Akarca

Yayıncı: Ordu University

Ana Başlıklar: Kamu Yönetimi

Dergi: Ordu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.13 Issue 2, pp.1545-1568

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 7/2023

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001296129

pISSN: 1309-9302

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Alparslan Akarca

Yayıncı:

Ordu University

Ana Başlıklar:

Kamu Yönetimi

Dergi:

Ordu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi Vol.13 Issue 2, pp.1545-1568

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001296129

pISSN:

1309-9302