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Leadership styles play an important role for both public and private organizations in using their resources effectively and efficiently. Municipalities have crucial functions in today’s world where decentralization is more important than centralization. Mayors, who are top level managers of municipalities, play an important role on the efficiency and effectiveness of public services offered by local governments. In this study, leadership styles of mayors are examined in Turkey, and the factors effecting their leadership styles are tried to be determined. Research results suggest that majority of the mayors in Turkey adopt democratic leadership styles. However, there are substantial number of mayors are inclined towards autocratic and liaises-faire leadership styles. It has been observed that age, education level, duration in politics, experience in mayor’s office, political party affiliation, are determinants of mayors’ leadership styles in Turkey

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