a critical evaluation on the concept of justice in planning process

1994, 194). In this context, municipalities as local administrative offices are defined as
the authorized and responsible units with duties on almost every subject in urban land.
Another change after 1980’s is the Law about the Administration of Greater City
Municipalities no.3030 which came into effect in 1984. This law involves the cities with
more than one county within their boundaries. Application regulation of the law also
came into effect in the same year and within the concept of this regulation; authorities
of planning, approving and application of Development Plans formation of principle
decisions; authority of studying and approving the county implementation practices
(article 9); authority of control and supervision about implementation (article 10);
exceptional institutions and organizations about implementation (article 11); free real
property transfer in implementation applications (article 12); transportation and traffic;
roads, squares (article 13); bus stations and multi-storey car parking buildings (article
14) are listed among the duties and authorities arranged within the concept of this
regulation.
With these changes, transfer process of all authorities of the Ministry of Public
Works and Settlement on urban land except the part which is included in law no.2634,
is completed. In accordance with the article 4 of law no.3194, Act of Tourism Support
no.2634 which became valid in 1982 is an “exception”. With law no.2634, all the
authority of determination, planning, approving, control processes at the determined
areas of Tourism Regions, Tourism Areas, Tourism Centers and Enterprises is given to
the Council of Ministries. In accordance with article 7 of law no.2634 the unit which
should meet the planning demand of Council of Ministry is determined as the Ministry
of Public Works and Settlement.
Both of these two local administrations are charged by the selected council
municipality and mayor to take decisions about the application. Transfer of central
authority which comes to the agenda in 1980’s also brought some problems in 20 years.
The basic defects of the legal arrangement in validity are: disformation of the control
mechanisms of these authorities after the transfer of planning authorities, and similarly
unopening of planning and application processes to the participant processes.
In 1990’s traces of policies of “privatization of public service” and “shrinking of
the state” can be seen in local administrations, too. Municipalities’ applicating to
international credit in order to be able to meet the public services and privatization of
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