Yapay Zeka Hızlı Bakış & Çıkarımlar
AI InsightBoth models are assessed as being more compatible with the public benefit, providing enhanced administrative effectiveness and better correspondence with the socioeconomic dynamics of the region.
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Abstract
Similar to the “100 Provinces, 1000 Districts” offer, the debate surrounding administrative reorganisation in Türkiye remains an ongoing and disputed topic, motivated by varied reasons and policy viewpoints. A notable concern in these discussions is the supremacy of populist discourses, often at the cost of impartial evaluations based on economies of scale and austerity-oriented governance tenets. Within this framework, the current research aims to examine the economic inefficiencies resulting from district and village units that have turned helpfully out of date within Türkiye’s administrative structure. Using Afyonkarahisar Province as a case study, this study applies a set of assessing criteria to determine districts whose present structures seem inconsistent with the public benefit —particularly where administrative boundaries no longer represent functional or economic actualities. To this end, the research implements ENTROPI-based TOPSIS and VIKOR multi-criteria decision-making methods to examine the province’s current administrative divisions. Two different models for reorganising the administrative structure of Afyonkarahisar are suggested. In the primary model, the province—currently comprising 421 villages, 42 town municipalities, and 17 districts (excluding the main district)—would be restructured into 11 districts (including the main district), 252 villages, and 49 town municipalities. The second model suggests a more unified structure, consisting of 8 districts, 150 villages, and 48 town municipalities. Both models are assessed as being more compatible with the public benefit, providing enhanced administrative effectiveness and better correspondence with the socioeconomic dynamics of the region.