Rural Development Practices of Local Governments: The Case of İzmir Province
Project no. 21200 · Status: Kapanmış · 2020
Summary
With he law numbered 6360, which is known as the “Whole City Law” in the public opinion and started to apply since 2014, villages that have the legal entity have been transformed into neighboorhood status. With this arrangement, regions that have become neighborhoods and have rural settlements have become areas where local governments are obliged to provide services. In this context, units for agriculture have started to be established within many metropolitan municipalities. Among these local administrations, İzmir Metropolitan Municipality carries out its activities for agriculşture and rural development under the Department of Agriculturel Services. Within the scope of the study, the supports provided by the municipality specific to İzmir were examined and it was aimed to determine the benefit conditions of the producers from the supports and services and also aimed to determine their satisfaction levels. The main material of the study is the questionnaires conducted with 84 producers in rural neighborhood of Ödemiş and Bergama districts where municipality supports are concentrated. The analysis results show that the majority of the producers negatively view the abolition of the village legal entity. In addition, it has been revealed that there is no significant change in the services provided, and road and sewerae services have priority.