DEVELOPMENT OF LEGAL ARRANGEMENTS CONCERNING LOCAL SERVICES IN TURKEY

Abstract

It has been approximately one hundred and fifty years since Turkish administrative structure met with local governments. In the half of this period, because of the process of collapse of the Empire and problems of new-founding republic, it was impossible to create a tradition. Both in Ottoman period and in republic period, structures of local governments were designed to establish authority of central government on provinces and to prevent local opposition attempts from gaining power on the origin of local governments. In order to abolish the paradox, which was created by this purpose, in the reasons of existence of local governments, a series of reforms have been tried to be implemented since the year 2004. In this study, while historical evolution of Turkish local government system related to local services are dealt with, especially municipalities and special provincial administrations will be examined, and rural local government units will not be considered in the scope of study.