Systemic Problems of Public Personnel Management in Turkey

Abstract

Public personnel system of Turkey creates various problems, which are related with the ill-planned nature of the system, which is continuously amended and which swings between the career-based and position-based systems. Uncertainty about using career-based or position-based systems is caused by not only the variety of public personnel, but also administrative, political, and social factors. This study aims to find if Turkish personnel management system has evolved towards the career-based or the position-based system. For this aim, the author firstly provides general information on public personnel systems and the history of Turkish public personnel system. Next, the author determines whether the Turkish public personnel system is evolving towards the career-based or position-based system by analyzing the regulations on Turkish public personnel system. The author also analyzes the underlying administrative, political, and social factors behind this evolution. Finally, this study is evaluated perceptions about the type of public personnel system in Turkey.