Abstract:

After 2000s significant change and transformation in local government has been achieved in Turkey and as a result, a lot of legal arrangement has been put into operation. As a result of these changes, which can be called as “local government reform”, it has been tried to form a local government structure that is powerful in view of authority, duty, source and has accountability, transparency, public participation. In this framework, local government units have been reshaped and their structure, duties, authorities have been redefined. While some units were abolished, some of them were united. In this study, 6360 numbered law is focused on. In this framework, it is aimed at shedding light on the change in local governments by examining municipalities, special provincial administrations, local government unions and villages.

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