The role and importance of local governments in ensuring local democracy

In this study, first of all, the concept of democracy is emphasized. Democracy types are classified and examined under separate headings and compared. The phenomenon of local government is defined, and the democratization process of local governments is examined on the axis of local participation and representation. In the second part, examples of local government in the framework of different countries from the World are discussed. In the third part, the development of local governments in Turkey in terms of participation and representation is examined. From the first municipality established in Western sense pre-republican, the arrangements made for achieving autonomy and democratization of local governments in the pre-republican and after the 1923-1945, 1945-1960, 1960-1980, 1980-2000, and 2001-2010 periods, and its evaluation in the historical process in Turkey, including regulations, is explained. In ths study, the role and importance of local governments in the spread of local democracy is emphasized.