Analyzing transform processes of the Turkey Local Agenda 21 Practices to the Citizens' councils

During the UN Rio Earth Summit held in 1992, sustainable development was endorsed as the common goal of humanity, along with the action plan entitled ?Agenda 21? delineating the principles and cope with environmental and development problems and to move towards attaining the goal of sustainable development in the twenty-first century. In Chapter 28 of Agenda 21, local authorities in each country are called upon to undertake a consultative process with their populations and achieve a consensus on a ?Local Agenda 21? for their communities.The Local Agenda 21 processes in Turkey were launched in late 1997 via a series of project, with the support of UNDP and under the coordination of UCLG ? MEWA. In subsequent years, with the partnership and support of the Ministr of Interior ? General Directorate of Local Authorities, the Project framework was converted into the ?Local Agenda 21 Program?.In a relatively short period, following the implementations of Local Agenda 21 practises under the Local Agenda 21 Program, the City Councils (Citizens? Councils) as the main city-wide participatory platforms developed under the program, has been incorporated in Article 76 of the renewed Law on Municipalities(No. 5393) enacted in 2005, thereby attaining a significant legal stronghold.This researh is analysis transform process of the Turkey Local Agenda 21 practices to the Citizens Councils, In order to elaborate this processes survey results, which are get from UCLG ? MEWA archives, were comparatively evaluated.Key Words: Agenda 21, Local Agenda 21, City Councils (Citizens? Councils)