Abstract:

City administration, which developed related to urban population rise, is one of the main aspects of public administration reforms. Reform efforts has been progressing especially on the basis of metropolitan municipality model since 2002. Reform package enforced in 2014 by depending on law numbered 6360, not only increased number of metropolitan municipalities but also extended the boundaries of authority. Metropolitan municipalities became a lever for problem solution regarding local services and local development within the scope of provinces in Turkey. Regionalism approaches have influences on design of metropolitan reform along with new public management approach. In this study, influences of metropolitan reforms in Turkey and regionalism approaches are analysed sophisticatedly.

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