Accountability in Turkish Public Administration and Security Services

This study aims to examine the principle of accountability in Turkish public administration and security services. In the first part of the study, the concept of accountability was examined and types of accountability were mentioned. Accountability was researched from the perspective of public administration in the traditional and modern understanding and focused on the concept of accountability in the security services. In the second part, the concept of security and examples of accountability around the world were examined and advantages and disadvantages of these samples were determined. In the third part, perceptions for the concept of accountability in the public administration in Turkey, especially for the police organization were examined and addressed public administration reform movements in the world and investigated accountability practices in Turkey within the scope of reform movements. As a result, it was determined that the concept of accountability in public administration and security services has already been discussed and also made some legal arrangements, especially in recent years in Turkey, but it has not reached desired level in practice yet.