Özet:

The metropolitan municipality system is in transition by the 2000s onwards. By the coming of the Justice and Development Party (JDP) to the political power, the reform-making process at local government system gains an accelerative trend. Within the context of the reform program, local governments come to the front side at the administrative structure. In this framework, metropolitan municipalities’ boarders were gradually expanded; small municipalities and villages legal personalities were abrogated, and lots of metropolitan municipalities are established. That reform process has been sustained with the justifications such as, taking an active role at the global economy, provision entrance of foreign investment, effective and efficient provision of the local services, utilization from the economy of scale, effective usage of resources. In this article, the fundamental Laws of Metropolitan Municipality Law No. 5216 and Law No. 6360 are examined in detail to see the key themes at that transformation process. At last, a critical assessment is provided to clarify the possible strengths and weaknesses of the recent Law No. 6360 at that transformation process.

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