Özet:

The developmental differences between regions, which have become more evident with globalization, are one of the most important problems faced by countries who also bring many negative socio-economic, political and cultural reflections. In this context, reducing the regional development inequalities that threaten all the countries around the world has become one of the primary goals of the countries. This situation revealed the need for a new administrative structure and as a result, the establishment of regional development agencies has become a main topic. The regional development agencies first emerged in the United States, became widespread in Europe after the Second World War, and came to Turkey prominence during the process of membership to the European Union. The basis of governance is the unity and cooperation of the public-private sector-civil society organizations. And this shows that governance focuses on a multi-actor management. In this context, the success of the policies and practices to be implemented on a regional scale depends on the cooperation and unity between the development agencies and local actors. Therefore, this study aimed to explain the formation, development and activities of the development agencies, which are one of the most important actors of understanding regional governance, from the perspective of localization and governance whose importance has increased with globalization.

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