The Current State of Public Policy Studies and Field in Turkey

Abstract

Public policy analysis is essential for governments in finding out the success and the failure of the policies. Therefore, policy actors make a massive contribution to ease the analysis process. As one of the most important countries in Europe, Turkey has numerous policies that need to be discussed in detail. This chapter is an attempt to examine the recent developments, future expectations in policy analysis, and their repercussions on the public administration in Turkey. In the chapter, the studies and the activities carried out by Turkish scholars will be observed to assess the general situation in terms of public policy. To this end, a variety of institutional reports, information notes and memo will be examined. The chapter will be concluded with a discussion of the current and future challenges facing public policy analyses in Turkey to offer practical policy recommendations. This chapter reveals that although encouraging progress has been in public policy studies in Turkey over the years, the importance attributed to public policy field is still not at the desired level.