The City Council Perception of The City Council's Members in Terms of Representation and Participation: The Sample for GAP's Region
Kent Konseyi Üyelerinin Temsil Ve Katılım Açısından Kent Konseyi Algısı: Gap Bölgesi Örneği

Author : İ. Ethem TAŞ -& Yeter ÇİÇEK
Number of pages : 368-390

Abstract

The city councils are provided in 5393 numbered Municipality Law which was done in Turkey in 2005, the major missions which are imposed to this structure in Turkey are to develop the democracy, to find solutions for the problems of a city by collecting all of factors in the city and by determining on them, to make decisions on this purpose and to provide the maximum participation. However, the following issues can be indicated as the main problems of the city councils that; they have especially been very new institutions since their establishment, they haven't still been available although they are statutory obligation in many cities, they have got problems for the functions, the people aren't informed of such a representation and participation mechanism. These problems have been mentioned in various searches, and their accuracy was determined. On the base of these searches, the following cases make the main goal of this study; the current situations of city councils at the point of representation and participation, and how they are perceived by the members of city councils. Within the scope of this study, the general profile of the city councils' members in GAP's region who participate in the survey is provided, and their view and approaches on the representation and participation related to the city councils are considered.

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The City Council Perception, Representation and Participation, GAP's Region

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