Recall Mechanism: Implications of International Representative to TurkeyAbstract: Efforts are underway to ensure that citizens are more active in public administration for accountable, participatory and transparent management through the supervision of local authorities and public officials. The recall mechanism, which connects elected officials to voters and helps neutralize anger and resentment to elected officials who do not respond to the needs of citizens, is found in many countries today. Recall is used as an important tool for covering the flaws of democracy and ensuring public participation as a mechanism that ensures that public officials, elected officials and/or bodies who are dissatisfied with their work or do not fulfill the promises made during the election process are dismissed by a certain percentage of citizens before their normal term of office expires. In this study, after giving the theoretical information about the right of recall, recall practices in different countries of the world will be examined. Besides Turkic tenth place in the political life and Rural Development Plan Draft Law on the recall mechanism began to be discussed will be examined and applicability in Turkey will be discussed

Erdoğan, Oğuzhan

Recall Mechanism: Implications of International Representative to TurkeyAbstract: Efforts are underway to ensure that citizens are more active in public administration for accountable, participatory and transparent management through the supervision of local authorities and public officials. The recall mechanism, which connects elected officials to voters and helps neutralize anger and resentment to elected officials who do not respond to the needs of citizens, is found in many countries today. Recall is used as an important tool for covering the flaws of democracy and ensuring public participation as a mechanism that ensures that public officials, elected officials and/or bodies who are dissatisfied with their work or do not fulfill the promises made during the election process are dismissed by a certain percentage of citizens before their normal term of office expires. In this study, after giving the theoretical information about the right of recall, recall practices in different countries of the world will be examined. Besides Turkic tenth place in the political life and Rural Development Plan Draft Law on the recall mechanism began to be discussed will be examined and applicability in Turkey will be discussed

Oğuzhan Erdoğan

Sosyoekonomi Journal, 2020, issue 28(45)

Keywords: Recall; Local Governments; Participation; Democracy; Public Administration. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H7 H70 H74 H79 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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