%0 Journal Article %T Participating Municipal Administration: Case of G£¿rele (Giresun) Public Assembly %A Levent MEM£¿£¿ %J - %D 2019 %X The G£¿rele Public Assembly (GPA), the instrument of citizen participation at the local level, constitutes the focus of this research. In the scope of the design of the case study in the research, data are obtained regarding the case of the GPA using semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and document examination and are analyzed and interpreted descriptively over the specified themes. According to the most general conclusions of the research, the GPA, which has taken place under the supra-identity of ¡°G£¿releness¡± once a month for about the past five years, is a platform where problems come to the agenda, are discussion, and solutions try to be produced with the participation of citizens from different neighborhoods of the city, and where learning takes place, where accountability is made, and where accounts are settled with this state. However, the fact that it is conducted over personal initiatives and does not undergo stylistic organizations, just as a series of negative outcomes emerge in the current process, concerns become the topic of conversation regarding its continuity. The G£¿rele Public Assembly (GPA), the instrument of citizen participation at the local level, constitutes the focus of this research. In the scope of the design of the case study in the research, data are obtained regarding the case of the GPA using semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and document examination and are analyzed and interpreted descriptively over the specified themes. According to the most general conclusions of the research, the GPA, which has taken place under the supra-identity of ¡°G£¿releness¡± once a month for about the past five years, is a platform where problems come to the agenda, are discussion, and solutions try to be produced with the participation of citizens from different neighborhoods of the city, and where learning takes place, where accountability is made, and where accounts are settled with this state. However, the fact that it is conducted over personal initiatives and does not undergo stylistic organizations, just as a series of negative outcomes emerge in the current process, concerns become the topic of conversation regarding its continuity. The G£¿rele Public Assembly (GPA), the instrument of citizen participation at the local level, constitutes the focus of this research. In the scope of the design of the case study in the research, data are obtained regarding the case of the GPA using semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and document examination and are analyzed and interpreted descriptively over %K Belediye %K Kat£¿l£¿m ve G£¿rele Halk Meclisi %U http://dergipark.org.tr/auiibfd/issue/44940/559397