Evaluation of Antalya Metropolitan Mun？icipality in Terms pf Financial Structure

The purpose of this study is to examine, the financial structure of Antalya Metropolitan Municipality. The role and importance of local governments in the presentation of government policy in our country and in the world is gradually increasing. The local government unit, which has an important place in the provision of local services, is the municipalities. Together with the economic, political and social developments, movements of population structure and population growth have led to the growth of cities. In the growing and expanding cities, some attempts have been made in terms of ease of management and as a result metropolitan municipalities have been established. Municipalities and metropolitan municipalities need to have a strong financial structure (such as income-expenses-borrowing) so that the public can perform their services effectively. Metropolitan municipalities have an important place in Turkey’s financial terms. For this reason, with the amendments from the past to the present, the shares of the local administrations have been changed and the financial strengthening of the municipalities and metropolitan municipalities has been tried to be provided. The purpose of this study is to examine the changes in the financial structure of the metropolitan municipalities and the effects of these changes on the Antalya Metropolitan Municipality. The income and expenditure comparisons of the financial structure of Antalya Metropolitan Municipality in the period 2006-2017, the reasons for the items with the highest share in the budget and how the financing deficits were supplied and analyzed. As a result, when the financial structure of Antalya Metropolitan Municipality is examined, it is seen that there is not much deviation from the estimated budget and they do not resort to unnecessary borrowing