Özet:

The COVID-19 pandemic, which emerged in China at the end of 2019 and affected Turkey as well as the whole world since the beginning of 2020, has significantly affected the social structure and the quality of life of individuals. Especially in urban, some structural and functional transformations have emerged in the provision of public services. In this context, the struggle against the global pandemic has been carried out in a wide range based on local, national and international cooperation. From this point of view, the aim of this study is to determine the structural and functional changes that occurred in the services provided by local governments within the scope of urban activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was structured in three parts by scanning current data and sources, using the literature review method. In the study, local governments and especially municipalities gave priority to measures to meet basic needs in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, then took protective and preventive measures, provided social services, but these services were limited in terms of their powers, duties and responsibilities and they implemented different practices detected. Among the most important reasons for this are the inadequacy of the legislation on epidemic management and the policies applied to prevent the epidemic are not based on decentralization. Therefore, it is understood that the central government is more effective in this process where local governments are pushed into the background. In the general evaluation made in this context, it was also stated that the central government should manage the process in cooperation with local governments in the fight against global epidemics and that the authorities related to public services that can be carried out in urban living areas should be transferred to local governments to a large extent.

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