CITY COUNCILS AS A MEANS OF LOCAL PARTICIPATION IN TURKEY DURING THE EU MEMBERSHIP PROCESS: THE INVESTIGATION OF THE AWARENESS OF THE BURSA CITY COUNCIL

Türkiye'de 2005 yılında yürürlüğe giren Belediye Kanunu, yönetişim yaklaşımı doğrultusunda sivil toplum örgütlerinin, meslek teşekküllerinin ve kentteki diğer aktörlerin karar ve uygulamalarda yer alabilmesi amacıyla "Kent Konseyleri" uygulamasını getirmiştir. Bu yasa doğrultusunda 2006 yılında Kent Konseyleri Yönetmeliği yürürlüğe girmiştir. Bu çalışmada Türkiye'de ilk kurulan kent konseylerinden birisi olan Bursa Kent Konseyi analiz edilmiştir. Çalışmada Bursa kentinde yaşayan kişilerin Kent Konseyleri ve Bursa Kent Konseyi hakkındaki bilgi düzeylerinin tespit edilebilmesi amacıyla bir saha çalışması gerçekleştirilmiştir. Yüz yüze anket tekniğinin kullanıldığı ve 2915 kişiyle görüşmenin gerçekleştirildiği saha çalışmasından çıkan sonuçlardan hareketle Türkiye'de kent konseylerinin daha bilinir ve etkin olabilmeleri yönünde önerilerde bulunulmuştur

AB ÜYELİK SÜRECİNDE TÜRKİYE'DE YEREL KATILIMIN ARACI OLARAK KENT KONSEYLERİ: BURSA KENT KONSEYİNİN BİLİNİRLİĞİNİN ARAŞTIRILMASI

The Municipality Law enacted in 2005, has bought the "City Councils" application towards governance approach with the aim of having the civil society organizations, professional establisments and the other actors in the city take part in the decisions and prectices. In accordance with this Law The City Councils Regulation entered in to force in 2006. In this study, Bursa City Council which is one of the first city council estalished in Turkey has been analyzed. In this study, a field study has been performed in order to identify the level of knowledge of the people living in the city of Bursa about the city councils and the Bursa City Council. Departing from the results obtained from the field work in which face-to-face survey tecnique has been used and interview with 2915 people has been carried out, recommendations have been made towards making the city councils in Turkey more familiar and effective

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