Abstract:

The Municipality Law enacted in 2005, has bought the "City Councils" application towards governance approach with the aim of having the civil society organizations, professional establisments and the other actors in the city take part in the decisions and prectices. In accordance with this Law The City Councils Regulation entered in to force in 2006. In this study, Bursa City Council which is one of the first city council estalished in Turkey has been analyzed. In this study, a field study has been performed in order to identify the level of knowledge of the people living in the city of Bursa about the city councils and the Bursa City Council. Departing from the results obtained from the field work in which face-to-face survey tecnique has been used and interview with 2915 people has been carried out, recommendations have been made towards making the city councils in Turkey more familiar and effective. In this study, Bursa City Council which is one of the first city council estalished in Turkey has been analyzed. In 1994, "City Counceling and Solidarity Council" was established with the initiative of Bursa Metropolitan Municipality towards the aim of implementation of pluralistic and participatory democratic principles at the local level and discussion of urban issues in a democratic platform. The Council has become "The Bursa City Council" platform by being restructured in 1998. In this study, a field study has been performed in order to identify the level of knowledge of the people living in the city of Bursa about the city councils and the Bursa City Council. Departing from the results obtained from the field work in which face-to-face survey tecnique has been used and interview with 2915 people has been carried out, recommendations have been made towards making the city councils in Turkey more familiar and effective.

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