Turkey Agriculture

Central

 Central administration and de-concentrated branches

State authorities are responsible for:

  • Overall policy and legislative competences;
  • Infrastructure for irrigation and cultivation (the most important of these infrastructural ventures is the Southeast Anatolia Project (GAP)).

 

Regional

Provincial government

According to Article 6 (a) of the Special Provincial Administrative Act, the special provincial administrations have the duty, provided that it is of a local and common nature:

  • Within provincial boundaries to provide services relating to agriculture.

 

Local

N/A

 

Sources:

Constitution of Turkey, last amendment 2010.

Law on Municipalities, Law N° 5393, dates from 03.07.2005.

Law on Special Provincial Administration, Law N° 5302, dates from 22.02.2005.

Law on Metropolitan Municipalities, Law N° 5216, dates from 10.07.2004.

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