THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL DEMOCRACY: AN ANALYSIS ON THE PROVİNCE OF SANLIURFA

Abstract

Since the 1980s, the concept of decentralization has begun to be seen as the main factor of political and economic change. Advocates of decentralization have emphasized the importance of this concept in service delivery in terms of activity, efficiency, active involvement of people in governance, and managers claiming that the public will pay more attention to complaints and suggestions. The continuation of this period has left the concept of centralized, bureaucratic, hierarchical and rule-based management as a new paradigm in the field of public administration with the increase of the efforts of this society to organize in a civil sense, to the "new public administration" concept which is claimed to be more democratic, participatory, transparent and flexible. As a result of these developments, reforms have taken place in the decision-making processes of many countries and non-governmental organizations have been involved in the process of making localization effective. Along with the development of non-governmental organizations, localization and wide spread local democracy will contribute to social and economic development as well as understanding of efficiency and productivity according to the conditions in the country. At this point, the aim of this study is to explore the role of non-governmental organizations in the development of local democracy in the province of Sanliurfa. Within the scope of the study, interviews with representatives of non-governmental organizations in the province of Sanliurfa will be conducted and questions will be asked at the point of development of the local democracy. The obtained data will be analyzed and transferred to the study. The study is important in terms of putting the local democracy contribution of non-governmental organizations operating in Sanliurfa.