Localism participatory democracy and local governments in the contexts of good governance in Turkey

Local governments, constitute an important and indispensable element of public administration. The strength and effectiveness of local governments in a country is an important issue, since it is closely related to the level of democracy in that country and is an indispensable institution in ensuring efficiency and effectiveness in local services. In parallel with the changing world order, there is a multifaceted change in the field of public administration and local administrations which constitute an important part of public administration. In this context, Turkey also sought to be realized in the context of local government reform governance transformation of local government, especially gained momentum in the last 20 year period. Centralist and has a heavy bureaucratic structure is a challenging process transformation in the Turkish Local Government system. However, this process has gained momentum with the recent reform efforts and legal regulations. Governance process of transformation of local governments in Turkey, particularly under the EU harmonization process and AYYÖŞ has gained importance since the early 2000s. In this context, the effects of the concepts of locality, participatory democracy and good governance have started to be felt more in the Turkish local government system. Essentially locality, participatory democracy and good governance concepts emerged as a new concept, together with the globalization process, much in the provision of local services subsidiarity, participation and good governance agenda has become.