6360 Sayılı Kanun’un Büyükşehir Belediye Sistemine Etkileri: Konya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Örneği

Abstract

1982 Constitution is the basis of the metropolitan municipality system in Turkey. Based on Article 127 of the Constitution, in the year of 1984, the Law no. 3030 on Metropolitan Municipality was adopted. This law has been abolished by the law no. 5216 adopted in 2004. The Law No. 6360, adopted in 2012 and put into practice after the March 30, 2014 local elections, has made significant structural and functional changes to the metropolitan municipal system. From this point of the view, the main problem of the study, is to examine Konya Metropolitan Municipality, based on Law No. 6360, change and transformation of metropolitan municipality system of in Turkey. In this study, firstly, the historical process of development and change in the system of metropolitan municipalities in Turkey are examined. The study which, deals with the effects of the legal regulations on the metropolitan municipal system, finally, the impact of the 6360 numbered law on the administrative and financial structure of the Konya Metropolitan Municipality is examined. In this study, comprehensive interviews were conducted with managers of metropolitan municipality by using interview method from qualitative research techniques.