The role of government in land registry and cadastre service in Turkey: Towards a government 3.0 perspective

• Published in: Land use policy 2020-03, Vol.92, p.104500, Article 104500
• Main Authors: Polat, Zeynel Abidin, Alkan, Mehmet
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Cadastral mapping; Civil society; Decision making; Good governance; Governance; Government 3.0; Land; Land registry; Land use; Management; Private sector; Public administration; Public participation; World Bank
• ISSN: 0264-8377; 1873-5754
• DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104500

•Good governance is required for public administration.•Land administration and its sub-groups are important areas where good governance can be applied.•Good governance index is higher in developed countries. Within the scope of the developments in public administration after the 1990s, “Good Governance” approach has been preferred instead of the traditional public management approach. Good Governance is a fair, impartial and egalitarian management model that is based on co-management and envisages the participation of all actors (e.g. public and private sector, civil society) in decision-making processes. With this new management model, public institutions in Turkey began to realise good governance based reforms, especially in areas where they establish a close relationship with citizens. In this article, changes in the public administration in Turkey together with good governance and the effects. The effects change on the land registry and cadastre processes are discussed. In this regard, a situation is evaluated in the context of the future Government 3.0 process by discussing the successful and incomplete aspects of good governance in land registry and cadastre practice in Turkey.