Abstract:

E-governance, also called electronic governance or network governance, refers to the transfer of certain information and services related to management to social platforms through information technologies. Nowadays, virtual governance network is a matter of interest that concerns local governments as much as the central government. E-municipality applications, which emerged as one of the local e-governance applications, are the realization of the services offered by local governments to region citizens in a digital environment with electronic tools. E-municipality practices increase their functionality to the extent that they support the management structure envisaged by e-governance and develop its content in this direction. For this reason, it is important to determine to what extent local governments take e-governance elements into consideration and to what extent these elements meet in their applications. The aim of the study is to reveal local government policies within the scope of e-governance parameters. In this study, Aegean Region metropolitan and provincial municipalities were selected as the sample in order to examine the mentioned issues. The findings obtained within the scope of the analysis of the official websites of the municipalities, including the sample, show that the municipalities include most of the elements envisaged by e-governance, but it also noted that this situation differs between municipalities and it shows that municipalities need to develop at a level to increase their competence in related elements.

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