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After the Ancient Greeks, the democracy came to the agenda again and the democratic culture developed and the people's desire to take an active part in the decision-making process was answered. This phenomenon, which is conceptualized as "Political Participation" in Political Science literature, is a measure that reveals the function and quality of democracy. Especially with the increase of local residents in the last quarter of a century, participation has gained a new dimension. Because the strengthening of local governments has allowed the final decision maker means state administration to approach the original decision maker. Some tools are being used to make this even more effective. These tools, which provide political participation not only at the local level but also at the central level, perform a task that encourages or facilitates the individual to be in the political field. In this study, how the concept of political participation is realized at the local and central level and the tools that contribute to it are examined. Because of the changes or transpositions that these instruments have experienced are important for political participation and even for all political science.

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