RIGHT TO INFORMATION IN TURKEY: REFLECTION OF OPENNESS AND TRANSPARENCY ON MUNICIPALITY WEBSITES
Filiz Tufan EMİNİ Çağlar Eren AYAZ
AbstractThe subject of this article is to review the status of administration in Turkey on right to information through examining the municipality websites. In this study, websites of 51 municipalities in Turkey were analyzed in accordance with the sections of the Act of Basis and Principles for Right to Information. The results have revealed that all of the municipalities have some incompleteness on their websites in terms of right to information. Municipalities haven't published most of the information and documents that have to be published according to the Act yet. The results also have revealed that accountability haven't been put into practice by all means in municipalities and their status hasn't been compatible with the idea of transparent and accountable administration yet.