​Central

Central administration and de-concentrated branches

Central state authorities are responsible for the overall legislative and policy competences in the fields of:

• Road transport;
• Maritime transport;
• Civil aviation;
• Railway transport;
• Communications;
• Aeronautics and space technologies; and
• Transport and communications Infrastructure.

Regional

Provincial government

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

• Outside provincial boundaries: to provide services relating to roads.

Municipalities can provide the following services (Article 14 of the Municipal Law):

• Urban infrastructure such as development of transportation; and
• City traffic.

They can engage in public transport activities and establish relevant facilities including procurement of bus, sea and water carriers and construction of tunnels and railway systems (Art. 15).

Local

Municipal government

Metropolitan Municipalities shall (Article 7 of the Law on Metropolitan Municipalities):

• Draw up and implement the metropolitan transport master plan;
• Plan and coordinate transport and public transport services;
• Designate the numbers, fares and schedules, timing and routes of any type of service and public transport vehicles that are operated on land, sea, water and rails ways and taxis;
• Operate the stops and vehicles parking spots on motorways, roads, avenues, streets, squares and similar places;
• Build, maintain and repair boulevards, avenues and main roads of the municipality area;
• Build, operate or license passenger and freight terminals and closed and open parking spaces; and
• Provide metropolitan public transport services, operate such facilities, and issue licenses for public transport vehicles, including taxis and service buses, on land and sea within the metropolitan boundaries.

 Sources:

Constitution of Turkey.

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.

Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications