Özet:

With the new concept of public administration that has evolved in recent periods, the adoption of a more transparent and clear understanding of governance in the state administration has brought the ethical concept to the agenda in the administration. This understanding and the principles of ethical behavior that public officials should comply with and the placement of the ethical culture in the administration has been established by the Public Officials Ethical Board. One of the principles of ethical behavior determined by the Board is accountability. The accountability is a concept referred to in some works written on state and government in various periods of Turkish-Islamic history. One of these works is the work of Kutadgu Bilig, which was written by Balasagunlu Yusuf Has Hacib in the 11th century and is one of the main products of Turkish-Islamic history. The work was processed by the state understanding, the policy and the moral rules. It contains the rules that a society must follow in order to have an ideal state governance and prosperity; it also contains important information about the rules that must be followed in the state governance, which is now known as the principles of ethical behavior, and which can be referred to as an application book for governors and the public. In this framework, the study has been attempted to investigate from what point of view the responsibility to account as an ethical behavior principle is approached by the outlets in Kutadgu Bilig. The study found that accountability, which is an important element of the principles of ethical behavior in public administration, needs to be added to a new dimension that can be placed in the first place according to the culture and tradition that belongs to us.

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