Leisure Time and Recreation Services in Municipalities (İzmir city example)

It is possible to name the time left aside after the things one bound to do is called leisure time and the volunteering activities people try to satisfy their bodies and souls in those free times are called recreative activities. In this frame the municipalities in local institutes are known to be the closest sufficient institutes to help individuals and society to spend their leisure times. The research?s aim is to investigate the municipalities? situations in recreational sector. The research is applied on 190 participants who use those use those recreational zones in 3 big districts united to Ġzmir City Chief Municipality. As method, the previous literature is analyzed, aquestionnaire form is formed around the collected data and expert?s opinion is taken for the validity. The frequency and percentage values are calculated and analyzed in data statistics programme. In the lead of the data driven, it is determined that; individuals have at most 3-4 hours (% 38,4) of leisure time, people between 17-26 participate the recreative and leisure time activities (% 57,9), 107 (%56.3) of those people are male and 125 (%65.8) are single, 84 are students (% 44,2) and 124 (% 65,3) of the participants?? average income is 0-1000. As a result; the participants reveal that the leisure time and recreational zones of the municipality is not enough and the personal for those services are insufficient. It is advised that the local administrations should develop new programmes to service young, child, old and handicapped all members and expectations of the society