THE EFFECTS OF THE LAW NO 6360 ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL AUTHORITY OF METROPOLITAN DISTRICT MUNICIPALITIES: A RESEARCH ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE ERZURUM METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY Cover Image

6360 SAYILI KANUN’UN BÜYÜKŞEHİR İLÇE BELEDİYELERİNİN İDARİ ve MALİ ÖZERKLİKLERİ ÜZERİNE ETKİLERİ: ERZURUM BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESİ ÖRNEĞİNDE BİR ARAŞTIRMA
THE EFFECTS OF THE LAW NO 6360 ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL AUTHORITY OF METROPOLITAN DISTRICT MUNICIPALITIES: A RESEARCH ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE ERZURUM METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY

Author(s): Muhammet Esen, Onur Akçakaya
Subject(s): Public Administration, Economic policy, Government/Political systems, Politics and law
Published by: Sage Yayınları
Keywords: Local Governments; Metropolitan Municipalities; Law No. 6360; Administrative and Financial Autonomy;

Summary/Abstract: With the Law No. 6360 enacted in 2012, significant changes occurred in administrative and financial relations between metropolitan municipalities and metropolitan district municipalities. This study aims to determine the current problems and offer solutions to these problems by investigating the effects of the Law No. 6360 on the administrative and financial autonomy of metropolitan district municipalities, in the example of district municipalities affiliated with Erzurum Metropolitan Municipality. Qualitative research method was used in the study. Within this framework, interviews were conducted with a total of thirteen participants, including metropolitan municipality officials, local governors, officials from metropolitan district municipalities and neighborhood mukhtars, through fully structured interview forms. Necessary permissions were obtained from the competent authorities prior to the meetings. According to the findings obtained from the interviews, the Law No. 6360 ensures coordination at the metropolitan scale in the areas of development, planning, environment and transportation; It is welcomed in terms of expanding municipal services to rural areas and establishing an integrated management structure in metropolitan cities.

  • Issue Year: 13/2021
  • Issue No: 49
  • Page Range: 197-211
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Turkish