STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY AS A TOOL FOR LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND FUNCTIONING OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN TURKEY

The fact that the influence of the central administrations began to slip in the context of the new public administration approach, which began to dominate the public administration after the 1980s, caused the so-called governance to be mentioned more in public administration. Especially the use of local means of participation and the strengthening of local democracy have a great significance in the element of governance that is intended to provide solutions to the problems of the public administration. Local governments and stakeholders' closeness to the public are regarded as an important tool in the strengthening of local democracy and effective provision of local governments. For this reason, the adoption of a governance-based management approach instead of general management principles and practices in local governments will contribute to greater support for management at local level, to demonstrate functional management and to management. It works with local governance in Turkey, shown on local land governance tools, public days, headman meetings, petitions, e-municipality and place is given to the participation tools such as white table