Assessment of the Turkish Local e-Governments: An empirical study

Authors

  • Aykut Arslan

Keywords:

Local government, local e-government, e-government, e-municipality, e-service, e-Europe, e-Turkey

Abstract

In this research, we first evaluated the current practices of the Turkish local e-governments.  Then, building upon an earlier study of local e-governments in Europe (Key Elements for Electronic Local Authorities’ Networks [KEeLAN], 2002), we compared the Turkish local e-government stages with their European counterparts to give a broader perspective. The basic framework focuses on the evaluation of current practices on the supply side (government), rather than the demand side (citizen). The emphasis of this research is on the evaluation of each web site in terms of nine basic public services (additional sub-services available) comprised of policy making, economic development, personal documents, credit and loans/financial support, education, building permits, environment, culture and leisure, and information dissemination. It is assumed that at least four of those services (randomly) are supplied in a local context among the Member Countries, including Turkey. We suggest the results might provide a deeper understanding of local e-governments in Turkey and lend support to advances in this under-researched area.

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Author Biography

Aykut Arslan

Dept. of Foreign Languages

Dr.Lt.Cmdr.   

TUNAVY TRAINING CENTER COMMAND

Published

2008-07-20

How to Cite

Arslan, A. (2008). Assessment of the Turkish Local e-Governments: An empirical study. Journal of Human Sciences, 5(2). Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/333

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Section

Public Administration