The impact of social municipalities and governance practices on urban poverty prevention in municipalities: Elazığ Municipality example

The problem of poverty is not a problem that can be solved by a person who is a social entity. For this reason, the institution that will provide solutions to the needs of the individual is the state. As the state knows that it is the competent authority of the state to deal with individual needs, the state knows that it is necessary to make a person's needs. Turkey as a social state of law must also realize economic and social rights of the republic adopted the global world. trying to fulfill the requirements in becoming a social state with social equity and social security policies, Turkey, many of the tasks that have to do as a state has been transferred to the municipalities, one of the local governments. This research was designed to draw attention to the fact that the mission of social municipalities in the fight against urban poverty can make sense with a management approach that adopts the local governance model. In this context, the study consists of 3 main parts and one result. In the first part, detailed information is given about the study and in the second part, information about the concepts of poverty, social municipality and governance is given. In the third section, which is the last chapter, Elazığ Municipality was evaluated in terms of social municipal administration and local governance practices and a model proposal was made. The study, which is based on the use of primary and secondary sources, emphasizes the importance of social municipal applications, while the result is meaningful in the model; Elazığ municipality, which constitutes the sample of the study, is found to be inadequate in terms of social municipalities and local governance practices.