Demokratikleşme Sürecinde Türkiye’de Yerel Yönetimler

Despite debates on centralism-local government and democratisation with respect to local government in Turkey have intensified after 1980, in fact the polarisation on this problem has historicaly begun before 1980. Nowadays, the debates on local administration and democratisation currently continue in Turkey. In the current situation, a lot of thinkers put forward that centralism is already influential in Turkey. On the other hand, in spite of influential centralism in Turkish society, it is suggested that the local administration is accepted as an applicable administration form even in the centralist approaches. The present study focuses on the discusses about this subject and developments in recent years