Reconstruction of the Turkish Public Administration in the Process of European Union: Systems of Accountability

Reconstruction of the Turkish Public Administration in the Process of European Union: Systems of Accountability

ACARTURK, Ertugrul
BAYRI, Osman

The aim of the research: increasing globalization and regional integration movements in recent years have made more significant Turkey's membership to European Union. Turkey that is trying to adapt the European Union acquirements from the economic, political, legal and administrative points has to be reconstructing its public administration. Accordingly, systems of accountability that is effective in the public administrations of the European Union Countries have to be effective in Turkish public administration, too. In this study, it is aimed to determine what sort of changes has to be made in order to adapt European Union acquirements through analyzing the present systems of accountability in Turkish public administration. In the study, at first, literature review is made in accordance with accountability of Turkish and the European Union countries public administrations. After that, data is collected in accordance with the functions of the systems of accountability in local administrations through observations and interviews. Finally, the knowledge is obtained from literature review is analyzed together with the collected data about the systems of accountability in Turkish public administration. The necessary changes that have to be made are explained, emphasizing the different aspects of present systems of accountability in Turkish public administration from the EU acquirements. In conceptual sense, accountability cannot be seen only able to give accounts, obligation of giving accounts, responsibility of giving accounts as a single way of administration, auditing and control but also it is evaluated as a double way and reciprocal systems, including obtaining accounts, demanding accounts, able to attain information and transparency. In the point of application, it is argued issues of the degree of applications in order to adapt EU acquirements, development of the administrative and technical structure of the public institutions, training of public workers, increasing the satisfaction of public service beneficiaries, so on. Keywords: European Union, Turkish Public Administration, Accountability.

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PeerReviewed

ISSN 978-9958-834-23-3

International Burch University

2013-05-10

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