Central-Local Government Relations in Turkey and Yemen: A Comparative Study

Marwa Altowaitee; Israel Nyaburi Nyadera; Murat Onder

doi:10.64423/arpa.v30i1 & 2.49

Authors

Marwa Altowaitee Department of Political Science and Public Administration Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkey Author
Israel Nyaburi Nyadera Department of Political Science and Public Administration Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkey Author
Murat Onder Department of Political Science and Public Administration Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkey Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.64423/arpa.v30i1%20&%202.49

Keywords:

Administrative History, Comparative Public Administration, Local Governments , Central Governments , decentralization, Intergovernmental relations, Turkey, Yemen

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the evolution and changes in the public administration systems of Turkey and Yemen from a historical perspective. It adopts the concept of administrative history to investigate how the two countries, which share similar histor ica l ad min istr ative expe rie nces un der the Ottoma n Em pir e, ende d u p with very different structures. The study focuses on the reforms and changes that have occ urre d in the rela tion s be tween the cen tral and the loca l gov ernm ent systems of the two countries. It establishes that, over the years, the two countries adopted differ ent forms of administra tive practic es that hav e had a sig nificant imp act on their contemporary socio-economic and political situation. It concludes that Turkey has benefited from adoptin g key administrative reforms while Yemen, cur re ntly on the brink of collapse due to the ongoing civil war, can trace some of its woes to inadequate and ineffective reforms in its administrative system.

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