Özet:

Social policy is the policy applied to fulfill the requirements of becoming a social state. In developed countries, the policies implemented by central administration and local governments can be considered as “social state” in terms of the whole. With the urbanization, the role of local governments in the implementation of social policy has come to the forefront. In this study, the service areas and types of services performed in the social municipality applications of the local governments are examined. The municipalities are the most important unit of local government, which is a product of tendency of localization. In this context, the concept of local government and the social municipality activities in Turkey have been researched by taking Bakırköy Municipality’s studies as an example. The municipality’s periodic reports of activities between 2004 and 2014 were reviewed and it was seen that it provided important services in social municipality. When compared to other municipalities, it is observed that both the living standards of the employees and the service given to the people of the district are in good condition. However, this study has shown that the concept of social state and policy implementations in our country have not yet reached the desired level

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