the central administration has the power of administrative tutelage over the local
administrations, in compliance with the principles and procedures set forth by law
(Art. 127(5), 1982 Constitution).
3.3.4.2 Central Administration
The central administration comprises several provinces designated on the basis of
geographical situation, economic conditions and public service requirements. The
provinces are further divided into lower levels of administrative districts (Art. 126,
1982 Constitution).
Under the central administration, public services are conducted in a hierarchy
which depends on the Presidency and the ministries headed by a member of the
government or Minister. In the provinces and other lower levels of administrative
districts, official representatives of the government control the local administration
on behalf of the government.
With regard to environmental issues, the key authority under the central
administration is the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization.
It was established by Decree Law No. 644 on the establishment and duties of the
Ministry of Environment and Urbanization in July 2011 as a result of the division of
the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Urbanization into two ministries: the
Ministry of Environment and Urbanization (Decree Law No. 644) and the Ministry
of Forestry and Water Affairs (Decree Law No. 645 on the establishment and duties
of the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs).
The merger of two Ministries was designed to increase the administration’s
efforts to recognize environmental concerns and support environmental management. The other objectives of this new institutional structuring are to provide
adequate resources and competence on environmental matters, to accelerate the
influence of environmental issues on policy-making, and to ensure the implementation and enforcement of the related norms. However, due to the potential emergence of conflicts of interest between the Ministry’s contrasting responsibilities for
environmental issues and construction/urbanization, and consequent concerns that
environmental considerations will be subordinate to the implementation of major
construction and urbanization projects, merging these two different areas of
responsibility under the same ministry has been heavily criticized (Güneş, 2015:
225).
The duties of the Ministry listed in Decree No. 644 (Art. 2(1)) indeed display a
significant imbalance between those related to housing and those specifically related
to the environment. There are eighteen sub-paragraphs under the first paragraph of
Article 2. Yet, except for three sub-paragraphs directly related to the protection of
the environment (Art. 2, para. 1 (a, b, c, l)), and two indirectly related to it (Art. 2,
para. 1 (m-o)), the others are more about the Ministry’s role in construction,
housing and public works.
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administrations, in compliance with the principles and procedures set forth by law
(Art. 127(5), 1982 Constitution).
3.3.4.2 Central Administration
The central administration comprises several provinces designated on the basis of
geographical situation, economic conditions and public service requirements. The
provinces are further divided into lower levels of administrative districts (Art. 126,
1982 Constitution).
Under the central administration, public services are conducted in a hierarchy
which depends on the Presidency and the ministries headed by a member of the
government or Minister. In the provinces and other lower levels of administrative
districts, official representatives of the government control the local administration
on behalf of the government.
With regard to environmental issues, the key authority under the central
administration is the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization.
It was established by Decree Law No. 644 on the establishment and duties of the
Ministry of Environment and Urbanization in July 2011 as a result of the division of
the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Urbanization into two ministries: the
Ministry of Environment and Urbanization (Decree Law No. 644) and the Ministry
of Forestry and Water Affairs (Decree Law No. 645 on the establishment and duties
of the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs).
The merger of two Ministries was designed to increase the administration’s
efforts to recognize environmental concerns and support environmental management. The other objectives of this new institutional structuring are to provide
adequate resources and competence on environmental matters, to accelerate the
influence of environmental issues on policy-making, and to ensure the implementation and enforcement of the related norms. However, due to the potential emergence of conflicts of interest between the Ministry’s contrasting responsibilities for
environmental issues and construction/urbanization, and consequent concerns that
environmental considerations will be subordinate to the implementation of major
construction and urbanization projects, merging these two different areas of
responsibility under the same ministry has been heavily criticized (Güneş, 2015:
225).
The duties of the Ministry listed in Decree No. 644 (Art. 2(1)) indeed display a
significant imbalance between those related to housing and those specifically related
to the environment. There are eighteen sub-paragraphs under the first paragraph of
Article 2. Yet, except for three sub-paragraphs directly related to the protection of
the environment (Art. 2, para. 1 (a, b, c, l)), and two indirectly related to it (Art. 2,
para. 1 (m-o)), the others are more about the Ministry’s role in construction,
housing and public works.
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