A Review on Social Municipalism: Case of the Elazıg Municipality/ Sosyal Belediyecilik Üzerine Bir İnceleme: Elazığ Belediyesi Örneği

Social municipality is one of the latest trend of municipal work. Municipal authorities works by serving way, clean water, park, local transportation and this kind of traditional services. In addition to this services, municipal authorities make demands of local communities and individuals main problematic of their visions to be solved. This behaviour can be understood as if municipal authorities make their assigned position larger and spend the sources vain. Actually it doesn’t be forgatten that municipal authorities have a responsibility of social services because of their democratic constitution and natural rights. According to Law No 5393 Municipal Law and Law No 5216 and the other regulations effecting our lifes, there are a lot of large authorities and assignments is given to municipal authorities about social municipality applications. Thanks to this regulations it can be said that legal infrastructure of social municipality is made competence.