مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Functionality Of The City Councils In Metropols In Terms Of Local Democracy (The Example Of Gaziantep)

Abstract :

Local governments are regarded as the administrative stage where democratic values are realized in the most appropriate scale. The main reason for this is that local governments are institutions that allow the people to manage themselves. People make it through the organs that they have chosen with their own hands. Local governments are also called local democracies at the same time, as democracy such as direct participation, efficiency in services, democratic practices and freedom are provided by local governments. An analysis of the extent that how much the City Councils contribute to the city administration and local democracy frames the scope of this study. It is possible to claim that there are two perspectives which the council contributes to the local democracy. Firstly, as a result of the organized events and activities, it enhances the cohesion between the stakeholders, townsmen and the political environment of the city; it ensures the formation of a sense of belonging and as it promotes the culture of participation, it also makes us specify if the council itself has an effect on the local political behaviours. Secondly, it is important that if the decisions taken by the The General Assembly of City Councils and the Moot Courts are considered by the municipalities.In the theoretical part of this study, the connection between democracy and administration will be explained. The main question of this study is to determine whether or not the City Councils which ensures the participation of the local people to the administration in institutional level, are effective on the decision making processes of local authorities. The effectivenes and the functionality of the City Councils are studied on the exemple of the City Council of Gaziantep.