TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Associate Professor Özcan Erdoğan Instructor Ali Mert Taşcıer
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Know the reasons for the existence of local governments; types, organs, authorities and responbilities, legal bases, and functions of local governments; 2) Improve their career opportunities by developing their knowledge on themes that are subjects of public personnel examinations and internship selections at municipalities and public institutions. 3) Grasp the principles, bases and fundamentals that shape the relationship between central government and local governments; 4) Understand the internal and external political factors and the fundamental logic that shape the formation and operation processes of local governments in Turkey; 5) Analyze the local government organizations and operations in various countries with a comparative perspective; 6) Learn about the common grounds between European and Turkish local governments and gain ability to analyse similarities and differences between them by explaining the reasons of these differences.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
COURSE DEFINITION	This course is designed for students of Political Science and International Relations to explain and analyse the meaning of local governments, their types and their significant roles and impacts on democratic governance with a special emphasis on the Turkish case. To that aim, the course is divided into six parts. The first part deals with the fundamental principles, concepts and legal sources through which the conceptual and theoretical bases of local governments are established. The second part covers the historical processes and procedures that have paved the way to the emergence of local governments in Turkey's administrative system. The types, organs, duties, powers and responsibilities of local governments in Turkey will be covered in the third part. The next part deals with the relationships between central and local administrations, including problems and confrontations occur between them and the impact of these problems on the restructuring of Turkey's administrative system in general. The fifth part explains the central role of Turkey?s EU candidacy on the reformation and structuration of local governments. Special emphasis is given to the role of EU harmonisation on the restructuring of auditing, fiscal structure, duties and responsibilities of local governments in the country. The final part conducts a comparative analysis of Turkey's local administrations with local governmental structuring of European countries.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week The Description of the Course 2nd Week Concepts of Central Government and Local Government, Principles of Local Government, Notions of Administrative Tutelage and Autonomy 3rd Week A Brief History of Local Governments in the World and Turkey 4th Week Local Governments in Our Constitutions from the Ottomans to the Present 5th Week Special Provincial Administrations (Law No. 5302) 6th Week Village Administration (Law No. 442) and Municipalities (Law No. 5393) 7th Week Midterm Exam 8th Week Metropolitan Administration in Turkey, Metropolitan Municipalities (Law No. 5216) 9th Week Participation in Local Governments and City Councils 10th Week Ethical Behavior Principles for Local Governments (Student Presentation) 11th Week European Charter of Local Self-Government and the Public Financial Management Law No. 5018 (Student Presentation) 12th Week Revenue Sources of Local Administrations and Law No. 2464 on Municipal Revenues (Student Presentation) 13th Week Novelties Brought to the Turkish Administrative System by the Metropolitan Municipality Law No. 6360 (Student Presentation) 14th Week Drinking Water and Sewerage Services of Local Administrations and İSKİ Law No. 2560, City Council Regulation (Student Presentation)
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Prof. Dr. Ruşen KELEŞ, Yerinden Yönetim ve Siyaset, Cem Yayınevi, 2019. Prof. Dr. Ruşen KELEŞ, Prof. Dr. Ayşegül MENGÜ, Kent Hukuku, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, 2021. Temel Belediye Mevzuatı, Türkiye Belediyeler Birliği, 2019. Additional Resources Akif Çukurçayır (2009) Küreselleşme ve Türkiye'de Yerel Yönetimler, TBB, Ankara. Birgül Ayman Güler (2006) Yerel Yönetimler / Liberal Açıklamalara Eleştirel Yaklaşım, İstanbul, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları. Kemal Görmez (2015) Küreselleşme ve Yerelleşme, odak yayınları, Ankara. Yusuf Erbay, Hasan Akgün (2013) Türkiye'de Yerel Yönetimler Tarihi ve Bugünü, Kazancı Kitap, İstanbul. Zerrin Toprak(2006); Yerel Yönetimler, Nobel Yayınları, Altıncı Baskı, Ankara.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 30 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1,5 1,5 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 2 28 Preparation for Final exam 1 30 30 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 30 30 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1,5 1,5 Homework 1 20 20 Total Workload 153 Total Workload / 30 5,1 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No