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Research paper thumbnail of Reconstruction of Turkish Public Administration Under the New Presidential Government System

Routledge eBooks, May 31, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Public Administration in Turkey

Research paper thumbnail of TÜRKİYE’DE MEMURLUK MESLEĞİNE İLİŞKİN ALGILAR: İşe giriş öncesi ve sonrası

Bu çalışmanın ana amacı günümüzde Türkiye’de memurluk mesleğinin, memur adayları ve memurlar tara... more Bu çalışmanın ana amacı günümüzde Türkiye’de memurluk mesleğinin, memur adayları ve memurlar tarafından algılanış biçim(ler)ini saptamaktır. Bunun yanında memurluk öncesi ve sonrası bu algıların tutarlılığı (değişimi) alt amaç olarak belirlenmiştir. Çalışmanın bir başka yan ürünü olarak görgül analiz popülasyonundaki memur adayları ve memurların sosyolojik profilinin çıkarılması da amaçlanmaktadı

Research paper thumbnail of Türk Kamu Yönetimi Akademik Yazınında Kamu Yönetimi Reformu İdeoloji Metodoloji ve İçerik Değerlendirmesi

Research paper thumbnail of In search of an identity: considerations on the theory and the discipline of public administration

Research paper thumbnail of Basic Dilemmas of Public Adinistration and The Academic Education

Research paper thumbnail of Kamu Yönetimi ve Teknoloji

Research paper thumbnail of Türkiye de Kamu Hizmeti Çalışan Beklentileri ve Artan profesyonelleşme Riskleri

Research paper thumbnail of Kamu Yönetimi Akademik eğitimi İçerik Felsefik ve Etik Sorunlar

Research paper thumbnail of Ankara Büyükşehir belediyesinde Karar Verme Süreçlerinin Rasyonelleştirilmesine Yönelik Bir Organizasyon Çalışması

Research paper thumbnail of Kamu Yönetimi Kuramı ve Kamu İşletmeciliği Okulu

... Özet: Bu çalışmada kamu yönetimi alanında hem uygulama hem de kuram düzeyinde son yirmi yıldı... more ... Özet: Bu çalışmada kamu yönetimi alanında hem uygulama hem de kuram düzeyinde son yirmi yıldır önemli bir yer tutan 'Kamu İşletmeciliği' yaklaşımı, zaman içindeki gelişimi, 'Yeni Kamu İşletmeciliği', 'Profesyonel Kamu İşletmeciliği', 'Yönetimin Yeniden İcadı' gibi değişik ...

Research paper thumbnail of Turkey’s public–private partnership experience: a political economy perspective

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies

Public–private partnerships (PPP) are the contractual arrangements between public and private par... more Public–private partnerships (PPP) are the contractual arrangements between public and private parties to deliver infrastructure and services in which costs, risks, and benefits are shared. Good governance of PPPs, traditionally associated with an effective regulatory and institutional framework, appropriate risk-sharing, competitive and transparent procurement have recently been broadened to include citizens’ perspectives. Turkey uses PPPs to deliver public infrastructures such as airports, energy plants, highways, bridges, and hospitals. Our first section into Turkey’s PPP experience explores how the partnership between state and capital is instituted. We reveal nine crucial governance problems: Complexities of megaprojects, fragmented legal and regulatory framework, weak institutional capacity, risk-sharing discrepancies, poor value for money, non-affordable public services, lack of transparency, limited accountability, and disregard for environmental sustainability. We maintain that a deeper understanding of PPPs requires complementing this governance analysis with insights from critical political economy. Accordingly, we draw a critical political economy framework to explain why, when, and how PPPs in Turkey are utilized in our second section. We underline the neoliberal transformation and financialized capital accumulation dynamics. We argue that PPP projects have fuelled the construction-led economic growth model, distributed resources to pro-government capital groups, and reproduced political power in Turkey.

Research paper thumbnail of Merkezi Personel Hizmetleri Örgütlenmesi

Research paper thumbnail of Kamu Yönetimi Disiplininde Kimlik Sorunsalı

KAMU YÖNETİMİ DİSİPLİNİ SEMPOZYUMU, (1994), Oct 1, 1995

Research paper thumbnail of Globalleşme, Katılımcı Demokrasi Ve Örgüt Sorunu

Research paper thumbnail of Public Administration in Turkey

Research paper thumbnail of Turkey’s Public Administration Today: An Overview and Appraisal

International Journal of Public Administration, 2017

ABSTRACT This study overviews and appraises Turkey’s contemporary public administration system. I... more ABSTRACT This study overviews and appraises Turkey’s contemporary public administration system. Its prominent characterizing features are discussed, with an emphasis on both the achievements and problem areas. Turkey has a long history of strong traditional bureaucratic practices and culture, from which its contemporary public administration system has emerged since the Republic was established almost a century ago. Despite its many achievements, public administration has its problems, generally the product of conflicts between tradition and modernity. Due emphasis should, however, be given to addressing the challenges of its over-politicization, strengthening governance practices, enhancing the human factor, and instituting further modern administrative reforms.

Research paper thumbnail of Public Administration in the Middle East and North Africa

International Journal of Public Administration, 2018

This article highlights the objective of the special issue which is to understand the status of p... more This article highlights the objective of the special issue which is to understand the status of public administration in six profiled countries-Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Turkeyin the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The special issue explores public administration as a concept-the diversity of guiding general principles that determines how governments administer the affairs of state in the context of their governance frameworks-and as praxis-the diversity of public administration structures, procedures and practice, and reform initiatives. It is evident that the countries profiled have adopted a mode of public administration and governance that mirrors its history, and its cultural, geo-political, socioeconomic , and conflictive environments. In this context, the editors hope that the articles presented in this special issue will contribute to advancing the public administration literature in MENA.

Research paper thumbnail of Kamu çalışma etiği ve neo-taylorist uygulamalar: Türk kamu sağlık hizmetinde performansa dayalı ücretlendirme örneği (Neo-taylorist practices and ethics in public administration: Pay for performance in Turkish public health service)

Metu Studies in Development, Sep 8, 2014

Isyerlerinde performansa dayali ucretlendirme (PDU) uygulamasi 20. yuzyilin baslarinda Frederick ... more Isyerlerinde performansa dayali ucretlendirme (PDU) uygulamasi 20. yuzyilin baslarinda Frederick W. Taylor’un onculuk ettigi ‘bilimsel yonetim’ akimi icinden dogmustur. Ozel kesim isyerlerinde seri uretim kosullarinda uretim maksimizasyonu amacli ve calisanlarin maddi ozendiriciler yoluyla uretkenliginin arttirilabilecegi varsayimi ile uygulanma alani bulmus, ancak calisma iliskileri acisindan cesitli sorunlara yol acmistir. PDU, resmi adiyla ‘Performansa dayali ek odeme sistemi’ olarak 2004 yilindan bu yana Turk kamu kesiminin saglik hizmeti sunan birimlerinde uygulanmaktadir. PDU’nun yayginlasmasi olasiligi yuksektir ve ozgun anlam ve biciminden farkli olarak kamu kesiminde ve mal uretimi yerine hizmet uretimi alaninda uygulanmaktadir. Bu calisma, siklikla yapilandan farkli olarak, uygulamanin amaclanan fiziki sonuclari (uretim, uretkenlik ve kalite artisi vb.) yerine kamu etigi acisindan degerlendirme yapmaktadir. Yonetim birimleri, calisanlar ve meslek kurumlari uyeleriyle yapilan mulakat ve gozlemler ve genel degerlendirme sonucunda PDU’nun kamu etik anlayisi, belirlenmis etik ilkeleri ve ozellikle dogurdugu etik ikilemler nedeniyle sorunlar yarattigi one surulmektedir.

Research paper thumbnail of Globalization, Participatory Democracy, The Question of Organization

Research paper thumbnail of Reconstruction of Turkish Public Administration Under the New Presidential Government System

Routledge eBooks, May 31, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Public Administration in Turkey

Research paper thumbnail of TÜRKİYE’DE MEMURLUK MESLEĞİNE İLİŞKİN ALGILAR: İşe giriş öncesi ve sonrası

Bu çalışmanın ana amacı günümüzde Türkiye’de memurluk mesleğinin, memur adayları ve memurlar tara... more Bu çalışmanın ana amacı günümüzde Türkiye’de memurluk mesleğinin, memur adayları ve memurlar tarafından algılanış biçim(ler)ini saptamaktır. Bunun yanında memurluk öncesi ve sonrası bu algıların tutarlılığı (değişimi) alt amaç olarak belirlenmiştir. Çalışmanın bir başka yan ürünü olarak görgül analiz popülasyonundaki memur adayları ve memurların sosyolojik profilinin çıkarılması da amaçlanmaktadı

Research paper thumbnail of Türk Kamu Yönetimi Akademik Yazınında Kamu Yönetimi Reformu İdeoloji Metodoloji ve İçerik Değerlendirmesi

Research paper thumbnail of In search of an identity: considerations on the theory and the discipline of public administration

Research paper thumbnail of Basic Dilemmas of Public Adinistration and The Academic Education

Research paper thumbnail of Kamu Yönetimi ve Teknoloji

Research paper thumbnail of Türkiye de Kamu Hizmeti Çalışan Beklentileri ve Artan profesyonelleşme Riskleri

Research paper thumbnail of Kamu Yönetimi Akademik eğitimi İçerik Felsefik ve Etik Sorunlar

Research paper thumbnail of Ankara Büyükşehir belediyesinde Karar Verme Süreçlerinin Rasyonelleştirilmesine Yönelik Bir Organizasyon Çalışması

Research paper thumbnail of Kamu Yönetimi Kuramı ve Kamu İşletmeciliği Okulu

... Özet: Bu çalışmada kamu yönetimi alanında hem uygulama hem de kuram düzeyinde son yirmi yıldı... more ... Özet: Bu çalışmada kamu yönetimi alanında hem uygulama hem de kuram düzeyinde son yirmi yıldır önemli bir yer tutan 'Kamu İşletmeciliği' yaklaşımı, zaman içindeki gelişimi, 'Yeni Kamu İşletmeciliği', 'Profesyonel Kamu İşletmeciliği', 'Yönetimin Yeniden İcadı' gibi değişik ...

Research paper thumbnail of Turkey’s public–private partnership experience: a political economy perspective

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies

Public–private partnerships (PPP) are the contractual arrangements between public and private par... more Public–private partnerships (PPP) are the contractual arrangements between public and private parties to deliver infrastructure and services in which costs, risks, and benefits are shared. Good governance of PPPs, traditionally associated with an effective regulatory and institutional framework, appropriate risk-sharing, competitive and transparent procurement have recently been broadened to include citizens’ perspectives. Turkey uses PPPs to deliver public infrastructures such as airports, energy plants, highways, bridges, and hospitals. Our first section into Turkey’s PPP experience explores how the partnership between state and capital is instituted. We reveal nine crucial governance problems: Complexities of megaprojects, fragmented legal and regulatory framework, weak institutional capacity, risk-sharing discrepancies, poor value for money, non-affordable public services, lack of transparency, limited accountability, and disregard for environmental sustainability. We maintain that a deeper understanding of PPPs requires complementing this governance analysis with insights from critical political economy. Accordingly, we draw a critical political economy framework to explain why, when, and how PPPs in Turkey are utilized in our second section. We underline the neoliberal transformation and financialized capital accumulation dynamics. We argue that PPP projects have fuelled the construction-led economic growth model, distributed resources to pro-government capital groups, and reproduced political power in Turkey.

Research paper thumbnail of Merkezi Personel Hizmetleri Örgütlenmesi

Research paper thumbnail of Kamu Yönetimi Disiplininde Kimlik Sorunsalı

KAMU YÖNETİMİ DİSİPLİNİ SEMPOZYUMU, (1994), Oct 1, 1995

Research paper thumbnail of Globalleşme, Katılımcı Demokrasi Ve Örgüt Sorunu

Research paper thumbnail of Public Administration in Turkey

Research paper thumbnail of Turkey’s Public Administration Today: An Overview and Appraisal

International Journal of Public Administration, 2017

ABSTRACT This study overviews and appraises Turkey’s contemporary public administration system. I... more ABSTRACT This study overviews and appraises Turkey’s contemporary public administration system. Its prominent characterizing features are discussed, with an emphasis on both the achievements and problem areas. Turkey has a long history of strong traditional bureaucratic practices and culture, from which its contemporary public administration system has emerged since the Republic was established almost a century ago. Despite its many achievements, public administration has its problems, generally the product of conflicts between tradition and modernity. Due emphasis should, however, be given to addressing the challenges of its over-politicization, strengthening governance practices, enhancing the human factor, and instituting further modern administrative reforms.

Research paper thumbnail of Public Administration in the Middle East and North Africa

International Journal of Public Administration, 2018

This article highlights the objective of the special issue which is to understand the status of p... more This article highlights the objective of the special issue which is to understand the status of public administration in six profiled countries-Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Turkeyin the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The special issue explores public administration as a concept-the diversity of guiding general principles that determines how governments administer the affairs of state in the context of their governance frameworks-and as praxis-the diversity of public administration structures, procedures and practice, and reform initiatives. It is evident that the countries profiled have adopted a mode of public administration and governance that mirrors its history, and its cultural, geo-political, socioeconomic , and conflictive environments. In this context, the editors hope that the articles presented in this special issue will contribute to advancing the public administration literature in MENA.

Research paper thumbnail of Kamu çalışma etiği ve neo-taylorist uygulamalar: Türk kamu sağlık hizmetinde performansa dayalı ücretlendirme örneği (Neo-taylorist practices and ethics in public administration: Pay for performance in Turkish public health service)

Metu Studies in Development, Sep 8, 2014

Isyerlerinde performansa dayali ucretlendirme (PDU) uygulamasi 20. yuzyilin baslarinda Frederick ... more Isyerlerinde performansa dayali ucretlendirme (PDU) uygulamasi 20. yuzyilin baslarinda Frederick W. Taylor’un onculuk ettigi ‘bilimsel yonetim’ akimi icinden dogmustur. Ozel kesim isyerlerinde seri uretim kosullarinda uretim maksimizasyonu amacli ve calisanlarin maddi ozendiriciler yoluyla uretkenliginin arttirilabilecegi varsayimi ile uygulanma alani bulmus, ancak calisma iliskileri acisindan cesitli sorunlara yol acmistir. PDU, resmi adiyla ‘Performansa dayali ek odeme sistemi’ olarak 2004 yilindan bu yana Turk kamu kesiminin saglik hizmeti sunan birimlerinde uygulanmaktadir. PDU’nun yayginlasmasi olasiligi yuksektir ve ozgun anlam ve biciminden farkli olarak kamu kesiminde ve mal uretimi yerine hizmet uretimi alaninda uygulanmaktadir. Bu calisma, siklikla yapilandan farkli olarak, uygulamanin amaclanan fiziki sonuclari (uretim, uretkenlik ve kalite artisi vb.) yerine kamu etigi acisindan degerlendirme yapmaktadir. Yonetim birimleri, calisanlar ve meslek kurumlari uyeleriyle yapilan mulakat ve gozlemler ve genel degerlendirme sonucunda PDU’nun kamu etik anlayisi, belirlenmis etik ilkeleri ve ozellikle dogurdugu etik ikilemler nedeniyle sorunlar yarattigi one surulmektedir.

Research paper thumbnail of Globalization, Participatory Democracy, The Question of Organization