Development and Democratization

I. INTRODUCTION

II. FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND POLITICAL PRINCIPLES

2.1 Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
2.2 Political Principles
2.3 Political Structuring
2.4 Law and Justice
2.5 Democratization and Civilian Society
2.6 The East and Southseast

III. THE ECONOMY

3.1 Our Concept of the Economy
3.2 Public Finance
3.2.1 The Budget
3.2.2 Taxation
3.2.3 Public Debts
3.3 Privatization
3.4 Production and Investment Policies
3.5 Industrial Property
3.6 Foreign Trade
3.7 Financial Services
3.8 Tradesmen, Artisans and Small and Medium Scale Enterprises
3.9 Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Forestry
3.10 Energy
3.11 Mining
3.12 Transportation and Communication
3.13 Tourism
3.14 Consumer Protection

IV. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

4.1 Our Concept of Public Administration
4.2 Central Government
4.3 Local Government
4.4 Public Personnel Management
4.5 Security
4.6 Combat Against Corruption

V. SOCIAL POLICIES

5.1 Our Concept of Social Policies
5.2 Education
5.3 Culture and Art
5.4 Health
5.5 Social Security
5.6 Labor
5.7 Women
5.8 Family and Social Services
5.9 Youth and Sports
5.10 Urbanization and Housing
5.11 Environment
5.12 Science and Technology
5.13 Written and Visual Media
5.14 Traffic

VI. FOREIGN POLICY

VII. CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

Development and Democratization

PROGRAM

I. INTRODUCTION

Turkey is experiencing a great desire for change within acnimonious times. The serious problems in politics, economy and social life are adversely affecting the daily lives and futures of our citizens. Turkey is yearning for a dynamic "political formation", having the vision to overcome these problems, to provide peace, security and welfare for its citizens, to allow them to look securely to their futures.

Within this period of time when concepts are emptied of their substance, when values are withered, when words lose their meanings, Turkey urgently requires a new and fresh understanding; a determined movement able to see the present and future clearly; an honorable struggle; a domestic and realistic cadre equipped with contemporary knowledge; and, realistic programs and projects opening new horizons.

All of the above goals can be reached through a new and dynamic political will to start the economical development movement; to correct the improper distribution of income; to eradicate poverty; to eliminate disgruntlements; which is unifying, embracing, ensuring social peace, providing trust between institutions and the citizens.

With all its colors, similarities and differences, briefly with its unique wealth, Turkey has the potential of a candidate to be the pioneer within its own borders, in its region and the whole world, of innovation, development, peace and welfare. To accomplish all of the above, Turkey needs to be governed by cadres possessing political will and determination.

Turkey's problems are not impossible to solve. Since;

· Turkey has rich surface and underground natural resources.

· Turkey has a young and dynamic population.

· Turkey has a very rich historical and cultural heritage.

· Our nation has a deep rooted and rich tradition of government.

· Turkey has a high entrepreneurial potential with a high capability for international competition.

· Turkey has a geo-strategic position, which may help it to play an influential role in its region.

· Turkey is a center of attraction for tourism with its unique natural beauty and historic texture.

· The qualities of social solidarity and mutual assistance, which are expressions of our public's national and religious character, are very significant assets.

· Our nation has achieved many successes in many impossible situations throughout history.

Therefore, we are not helpless. We absolutely must get this huge potential in motion. This is the reason for the existence of our party in the political scene. We are determined to mobilize the large potential of Turkey, in order to make our people happy and restore the respectability of our country.

Established along the lines of a widespread social desire, in order to respond to this requirement, our Party is the Party of all our people, living within the same geography for millennia, in peace, friendship and brotherhood, sharing a joint destiny, whose happiness, sorrow and pride is common.

With its honest, dynamic, high-principled cadres and a political perspective to open the horizons of our country, our Party's objective is to put an end to the troubles suffered by our people for several years, to improve the problem solving and decision making ability of the political system, to remove all the obstacles preventing the development of our country, to bring Turkey into the enlightenment it deserves.

Our Party is one which aims to offer original and permanent solutions to our country's problems, parallel to the world's realities, with the accumulation of the past and tradition, making public service its basic purpose, conducting political activities in the platform of the contemporary democratic values, rather than ideological platforms.

Because of this particularity, our Party embraces without discrimination, all of our citizens, regardless of their sex, ethnic origins, beliefs and opinion. On the basis of this pluralistic concept, it is one of our Party's fundamental objectives to develop the consciousness of citizenship and to share with all our countrymen, the pride to possess and belong to the country where we live.

One of the main principles of our Party is the proverb, "Unless everyone is free, no one is free". Our Party considers as one of its most important tasks, the assurance of democratization by placing the individual at the center of all its policies, and to provide and protect fundamental human rights and freedoms.

Our Party constitutes a ground where the unity and the integrity of the Republic of Turkey, the secular, democratic, social State of law, and the processes of civilianization, democratization, freedom of belief and equality of opportunity are considered essential.

Deficiencies destroying societies and governments, such as decadence, corruption, irregularities, profiteering, favoritism, inequality in front of the law, inequality of opportunities racism, partisanship, despotism are the areas where our party will fight against most intensely.

Our public is not helpless. The solution rests with the people itself. As Great Atatürk has commented, the strength to save the nation is in its own resoluteness and determination.

Identifying with the people, our Party before everything else will definitely reestablish the sense of trust, which disappeared in society. We are resolved and determined to ensure that everyone can look at the future with security, and that everyone can feel as a respectable and properly treated member of this society.

We have a concept of governance, which facilitates, rather than make things more difficult; embraces rather than push away; unifies rather than divide; protecting the fair weak against the unfair powerful.

In order to achieve all of the above, we present a political program to:

· Spread an understanding based on universal rights and freedoms to all areas,

· Eliminate entirely all the chronic problems faced by Turkey,

· Mobilize the human and physical resources left inactive for years, and make Turkey a country which produces constantly and which grows by producing,

· Eliminate the gap in the distribution of income, thus raise the welfare level of our people

· Involve citizens and non governmental organizations in the public administration and create synergy within society,

· Make the concept of full transparency and accountability prevalent in every area of public life,

· Provide contemporary, rational, and realistic and easy to implement solutions in areas such as the economy, foreign policy, culture, arts, education, health, agriculture and animal husbandry.

We believe firmly that this program will solve Turkey's problems and open the way for its advancement. We expect that this program, which we present for the assessment of our public, will be a brand new start for Turkey.

Everything will be better with us, with the help of Allah.

Board of Founding Members

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

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POLITICAL PRINCIPLES

Development and Democratization
PROGRAM

II. FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND POLITICAL PRINCIPLES

2.1. FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

The fundamental human rights and freedoms are acquisitions obtained by humanity after struggles lasting for centuries. The level of these freedoms is an indicator of being a civilized society. It is also the expectation of our society to see Turkey, which is part of the civilized world, to be brought in the area of fundamental rights and freedoms to a position which it deserves. Therefore, steps must be taken because our people deserve these rights and freedoms, rather than because international institutions want them to be taken.

We accept in advance that our public has common sense and will make the proper choice. No structure can bring freedom to individuals or peace to society, unless it is based on the free will of the people.

Freedoms constitute the foundation of democracy.

No individual or institutional oppression is acceptable.

The most significant element of trust in a society is the belief of individuals living in the society that their rights and freedoms are respected. This belief is the basic strength, which puts all the social and economic dynamics in motion. Furthermore, respect for the rights and freedoms of individuals, is the basic condition for the establishment of social peace and stability, and for the acceptance of a democratic political regime by the people.

Our Party regards Ataturk's principles and reforms as the most important vehicle for raising the Turkish public above the level of contemporary civilization and sees this as an element of social peace.

Regarding fundamental rights and freedoms, our Party will achieve the following objectives:

· Standards in the area of human rights contained in the international agreements to which Turkey is a party, especially in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, European Convention on Human Rights, Paris Charter and Helsinki Final Act shall be put into force.

· The opinions and suggestions of the volunteer establishments, non-governmental organizations active in the area of human rights shall be taken into consideration; a tight cooperation shall be established between the government and these organizations. Emphasis will be put on the participation of these organizations in the identification of human rights violations, in working out recommendations for solutions, in education on human rights and in the inspection of law enforcement units.

· The freedoms of thought and expression shall be built up on the basis of international standards, thoughts shall be freely expressed, and differences shall be regarded as an asset.

· Our party considers religion as one of the most important institutions of humanity, and secularism as a pre-requisite of democracy, and an assurance of the freedom of religion and conscience. It also rejects the interpretation and distortion of secularism as enmity against religion.

· Basically, secularism is a principle which allows people of all religions, and beliefs to comfortably practice their religions, to be able to express their religious convictions and live accordingly, but which also allows people without beliefs to organize their lives along these lines. From this point of view, secularism is a principle of freedom and social peace.

· Our Party refuses to take advantage of sacred religious values and ethnicity and to use them for political purposes. It considers the attitudes and practices which disturb pious people, and which discriminate them due to their religious lives and preferences, as anti-democratic and in contradiction to human rights and freedoms. On the other hand, it is also unacceptable to make use of religion for political, economic and other interests, or to put pressure on people who think and live differently by using religion.

· Our Party takes as a basis the right of all our citizens to be freely informed and to express their thoughts. One of the essential conditions of contemporary democracies is the existence of the free press. Therefore, the entire legal framework regarding the media shall be revised, while bans and penalties against the media's freedom of expression and not befitting the requirements of democratic social arrangements shall be lifted beginning with the Constitution. The freedoms of the written press and visual media shall be meticulously protected and monopolization shall not be allowed.

· In order to make human rights and freedoms as a manner of behavior and thus to eliminate human rights violations, educational programs shall be organized, starting with elementary schools and public establishments.

· The freedom to seek one's rights and the right to be justly tried shall be achieved with all its elements. Ways for individuals to seek their rights shall be facilitated.

· Universal standards for rights and freedoms of women, children and labor shall be fully implemented in our country.

· Practices such as torture, death under custody, missing people, murders whose perpetrators are unknown, which are unacceptable in a democratic. State of law shall be seriously prosecuted, transparency shall be ensured. Complaints of all citizens in this subject shall be considered, the necessary arrangements shall be made to provide deterrence, those responsible shall not go without punishment.

· Necessary legal arrangements shall be made in order to follow up the complaints regarding human rights violations, as a matter of priority and urgency without fees and by keeping open way for individuals to be represented by themselves.

· Institutions and establishments shall be formed to monitor the complaints of citizens in the name of the public.

· Our Party contemplates making of the necessary arrangements for all citizens to benefit from public services without any discrimination. In this connection, the constantly increasing lack of trust between citizens and the State institutions shall be eliminated, and a concept of governance to build-up the confidence of citizens in State and all institutions of the State, shall be restored.

2.2. POLITICAL PRINCIPLES

Our Party sees politics to be a vehicle for serving society. In our country, where politics has become polluted, where the political arena has been greatly narrowed, is an objective we wish to achieve to have politics and politicians back in a respectable and confidence-giving position. The most basic need of the political institutions in our country is for politics to have a structure where honesty and integrity are basic, where political financing can be accountable and transparent.

Political parties are civilian political institutions which transfer the socio-economic and socio-cultural requests of the public to the State, and which seek to govern in order to operate the mechanism of the State in this direction. The basic task of the political parties is to carry the agenda of the public to the agenda of the legislative and executive bodies.

Politics is a society's will to build the current day with the correct rules and methods and to plan its future properly.

Our Party believes that the political understanding in Turkey must be completely revised.

According to our perception of politics, the will of the nation is the basis of every action. No practice to shadow the will of the nation can be tolerated.

Confidence and respectability of politicians and politics must be reinstated. For this purpose:

· The Law of Political Parties shall be amended and made to conform to requirements of the contemporary democratic perception.

- The organization of parties, their memberships, nomination of candidates and financial structures shall be transparent.

- Parties' accounts electoral expenses of the candidates shall be transparent and auditable.

- Intra-Party democracy shall be improved by ensuring the legal and democratic competition rights of the individuals and those with minority views.

- Provisions regarding the political party ban and closure of political parties shall be revised along the framework of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights and the principles drawn by the Venice Commission.

· The Election Law shall be amended.

- The free right to elect and be elected of the citizens and party members shall be achieved with all the ensuing elements.

- The age to be elected deputy shall be lowered to 25.

- Narrowed regional and preferential election system shall be adopted.

- The pre-election system to be conducted with the participation of all the members shall be taken as a basis in the determination of party candidates.

· Legislative arrangements shall be made to prevent the pollution of politics shall be made.

- Politics shall be saved from the appearance of a vehicle for profiteering.

- The personal fortune declaration, which everyone who is elected must legally submit, shall be offered to the information and inspection of the public opinion in a transparent manner.

- Constitutional obstacles preventing prosecution of deputies and ministers shall be lifted, immunities shall be taken up together with all privileges and obstacles against trial of all public officials, and the immunity shall be confined to the votes and speeches of deputies during their parliamentary activities .

- A determined policy shall be followed against all attempts to narrow the scope of politics and to shadow its respectability.

2.3. POLITICAL STRUCTURING

Our party is determined to bring a new perception of politics to Turkey and to implement this concept firstly within its own organism, thus setting an example to other parties.

One of the main targets of our Party is to reinforce of participatory democracy by increasing the effectiveness of the people during the elections.

It is one of our leading objectives to introduce and to improve the effectiveness of referendums allow people to actively participate in the decision-making processes of the central and local administrations.

Democratization and transparency of the internal structures of the parties that constitute the nucleus of an institution are the compelling necessities for the proper functioning of the system.

As AK PARTİ, in order to establish intra-party democracy and transparency:

· It is our priority to carry out pre-elections with the participation of all members of the party to determine the candidates for the seats of deputes.

· For the sake of politics based on principles, the term of service of Chairman of the party and that of the parliamentarians shall be as indicated in our Regulations.

· We shall announce to the public all expenditures made out of the party budget within the year, and at the end of the year we shall explain to the public how the party income was spent.

· We shall allocate a certain proportion of the party budget to research and development and to provincial branches of the Party.

· The intra-party democratic race shall be conducted in an environment of free competition.

· We shall ensure that party members will be able to freely express their opinions within the framework of the Regulations and the program of the Party.

· In party groups, we shall take binding group decisions in exceptional cases listed in the Regulations.

· We shall bring to life interactive politics.

· Ability and merit shall be taken as a basis in all the assignments, especially ministers, when our Party comes to the government.

2.4. LAW AND JUSTICE

A State observes the rule of law is a guarantee for the freedom and rights of its citizens. Therefore a democratic regime cannot be said to exist, in a society, which does not observe the rule of law, and where the law does not rule.

In a democratic State of law, where democracy asserts its existence through law, respect for the universal principles of law, keeping the recourse procedures open, equality in front of the law, protection of individual rights and freedoms, securing the abidance of the State by the laws, are fundamental values. These values could be translated into action only through the constitution, laws and an independent judicial system.

Our Party shall be the assurance of the concept of governance based on the rule of law.

Rather than a State of law, our country appears today as a State of codes. The concept of "State of law" shall be the basis instead of the "law of the State". Unless the codes are based on the law, and the law is based on fundamentals of universal justice and human rights, Turkey cannot be a real State of law and cannot obtain a respectable place in the international community.

One cannot figure out a legal system without judiciary. The judicial organs which will interpret the texts are as important as the texts of Constitution and the laws themselves.

Our Party shall ensure the establishment of the maximum confidence in the justice system, which is the guarantee for the social order.

An order that is transparent and devoid of corruption is only possible with a properly functioning judicial system. Our Party considers the solution of important problems faced by the judicial system, from the daily life of individuals to international relations, among its priority targets.

In line with the observations and principles mentioned above, our Party shall implement the following policies:

· Our Party shall prepare a completely new constitutional bill to allow freedoms, responding to the needs of the entire society, conforming to the principle of the State of law and standards of democratic countries, aiming at establishing a new "social contract" between society and the State. This bill shall not be an exercise of "constitutional engineering" but a document reflecting the will and demands of the people to the State structure on a democratic basis. Our proposal for a new Constitution which will be drafted as a brief, concise and clear text will contain the following provisions:

- The chapter pertaining to on the fundamental rights and freedoms shall conform to universal standards.

- The basic features of the republic shall be preserved and only the main provisions of State administration shall be included in it.

- Relations between the legislative, executive and judicial authorities shall be indicated in a clear, concise and understandable manner.

· The principle of the separation of the powers shall be implemented meticulously. Checks and balances shall be ensured between the powers of the legislative, executive and judicial branches.

· Necessary arrangements shall be made for the Parliament to be effective, independent and productive in legislative and security activities.

· In order to clearly separate the legislative and executive authorities from one another, system changes shall be investigated to allow the assignment of all the ministers except for the prime minister from outside the Parliament, and opened to public discussion. Necessary legal arrangements shall be made in view of the compromise which will emerge from the public discussions.

· Our party shall ensure for the collective will to replace the singular wills not only within the party but also in the Parliament and society. Laws shall be the expression of the common will of the society, not just the majority in the Parliament. For this reason, our Party shall draft the bills it will prepare, by taking suggestions from non-governmental organizations.

· After the new constitution goes into effect, all the present laws shall be revised and those, which do not fit the constitutional system, shall be quickly abolished or amended. All bylaws and regulations shall be examined and provisions violating the boundaries drawn by the laws and constitutional principles shall be eliminated.

· The principle that the Constitution and the laws are binding for everyone shall be meticulously applied.

· The habit of not obeying rules shall be eliminated, being off-the- record shall be prevented in every area, laws and rules shall be implemented along the purpose for which they were established and their quality shall reach universal standards.

· The independence of judges and a non-biased judicial system shall be fully ensured; assurances for judges shall be maintained.

· Starting from law education, reforms shall be carried out to increase the quality of law professionals. Lawyers, judges and prosecutors shall be offered domestic and foreign professional training possibilities wherein they can develop their expertise.

· Judges shall be specialized in certain areas such as organized crime, unfair competition, foreign currency transactions, insurance, money laundering, and crimes involving the capital markets.

· Courts shall be equipped with the latest capabilities of technology, their workloads shall be reduced, and court premises shall be given a contemporary appearance. Acting upon the saying, "Justice which comes late is injustice", our Party shall carry out all the arrangements required to accelerate the judicial process.

· In order to fully open court decisions to the public, the required technological infrastructure shall be installed in order for the public to have access especially to all decisions of the Supreme Court.

· The procedure to determine members of the Supreme Court shall be rearranged by taking into consideration the independence of courts, professional criteria, organs to make the assignment and the nation's democratic experiences of democratic countries.

· A judicial enforcement agency shall be established without upsetting the harmony and hierarchy within the law enforcement agencies.

· A system shall be established to protect those who are affected by the crimes. Due to the destruction it causes in the public conscience, amnesty laws shall be avoided in the maximum extent,

· Laws pertaining to legal procedures shall be revised in order to accelerate the effectiveness and functioning of the judiciary and the necessary amendments shall be made.

· Penal institutions shall be modernized to regain the criminal for the society.

· Budget allocations shall be greatly increased in order to fulfill rapidly and at the required quality levels the judicial services, which are one of the most important basic functions of the State.

2.5. DEMOCRATIZATION AND CIVIL SOCIETY

According to our Party; in a democratic society the rules should be put into order by the citizens. For this reason, democracy is a form of government where legal rules are created with the approval of the citizens. The final decision and executive authority in a democracy rest with the organs and institutions created through elections. Basic decisions related with the public life are made by those who are elected. In a democracy sovereignty belongs to the people and this feature is a basic quality separating democratic regimes from all other regimes.

Democracy is a system based on tolerance. In democracies, it is not possible for some of the citizens to benefit from higher rights and freedoms or privileges. Citizens live freely under the equal protection of the laws in democracies.

The competition of different preferences is one of the crucial elements of a healthy democratic system. In this race, those who receive the votes of the majority, come to power, they take up the responsibility of the entire country or local administrations. However, winning the race and coming to power does not make the will of the majority absolute.

One of the most important qualities of contemporary democracy is that the majority will in no circumstances make the fundamental rights and freedoms a topic of discussion and that they shall respect the rights and freedoms of those who are in the minority. Securing the views of the minority and the right to oppose, is considered as an element which strengthens the pluralistic quality of democracy.

The right for citizens to participate in the public decision mechanisms indicates that a democratic regime is not a one-way regime, and that it is a two-way interaction by those who govern and those who are governed. Therefore, the right to participate does not only mean, to be able to vote during the election, but also to have the ways open for the citizens to make, implement and control the implementation of the public decisions.

Our Party perceives democratization as furnishing Turkey's democracy to the full extent with all of these characteristics. Our party shall implement the following policies; in light of these principles considered as crucial in contemporary democracies, but which are before all else, the fundamental conditions of respecting the choice of our own citizens:

· The field of movement and action of political parties which perform the essential function in the participation of citizens into politics, and which are crucial elements of democracy, shall be expanded.

· The party shall impart to its provincial branches a concept of governance based on dialogue, to meet the demands of local administrations, local civilian formations and citizens.

· Taking as a basis the principles pertaining to the democratization of the Copenhagen Criteria which constitute the minimum standards to which members of the European Union must conform, amendments which must be made in our national judicial system shall be carried out in the shortest possible time.

· It shall be made easier to have access to information and documents in order for citizens to participate in the administration and to inspect the administration, thus arrangements shall be carried out to allow citizens to effectively use their right to access to the information.

· Local administrations are the foundation of a participatory and highly representative democracy. All the required constitutional and legal arrangements shall be carried out and functional new administrative units shall be created with a view to strengthen the local administrations which will establish a link in daily life between citizens and the administration.

· Mechanisms shall be created with a view to assessing the opinion, complaints and suggestions for solutions of the citizens on subjects related to their own villages, districts, provinces, and institutions whose services they utilize or where they are employed and to take action on such suggestions.

· Opinions of the non-governmental organizations shall be obtained in order to modify the related legal arrangements and a legal framework shall be drawn up to raise the civil society organizations to the level at contemporary democratic countries.

· Central and local governments shall create joint boards, commissions, crisis management desks and all types of platforms where the views of non-governmental organizations, professional associations, trade unions and representatives of the private sector shall be taken.

· The statute of the civil servants shall be redefined; their right to organize in trade unions will be re-examined.

· With the lowering of the age to be elected to 25, young people will actively participate in democratic processes and the young population will be encouraged to take responsibility in the running of the country.

· Required legal arrangements shall be carried out for the more effective usage of the right to organize meetings and demonstrations, which is one of the basic features of democracies.

2.6. THE EAST AND THE SOUTHEAST

The event, which some of us call the Southeastern, others call the Kurdish or the Terror problem, is unfortunately a reality in Turkey. In cognizance of the negative issues caused by this problem in our social life, our Party shall follow a policy guarding the happiness, welfare, rights and freedoms of the regional population, in a manner not to create a weakness in a sustainable policy which goes beyond the identification of the reality the prevention of the terror threatening the region, the integrity of Turkey, as well as the unitary State structure; a sustainable policy which goes beyond the identification of the reality respectful to the sensitivities of the entire society, efficient and aimed at solving problems at the root.

The cultural diversity in this region is considered richness by our Party. On condition that Turkish remains the official and instruction language, our Party regards the cultural activities in languages other than Turkish, including broadcasting, as an asset which reinforces and supports the unity and integrity of our country, rather than weaken it. The elimination of certain troubles originating from the under -development of the region, are intended to be solved within the scope of the general democratization project, rather than special arrangements aimed at the region.

Despite the terror which has lasted for long years and was maintained with an intense outside support, the fact that the region's population is attached to the unitary State structure, and the fact that the problem did not turn into an ethnic conflict with the common sense of our people, is proof that the issue can be solved as an internal affair.

Our Party aims at putting an end to certain practices which are resorted to as a reaction to terror but, which go beyond their original purpose, and which disturb the region's population. It also aims at abolishing entirely the State of Emergency practices, which have been maintained for many years. We believe that our State must display a deterrent posture towards criminals and a protective posture towards innocents and must treat innocent people with affection.

In the period after the intense terror, no significant steps have been taken in our Eastern and Southeastern Anatolian Regions to eliminate the differences in development between the regions, even to minimize them. Our Party shall provide the needed rehabilitation by starting serious economic projects to increase employment aimed at the region, and implementations to reduce the suffering of our citizens who have been hurt from the terror environment.

Lack of public services, unemployment, poverty and oppression are situations where terror can flourish most conveniently. Terror and oppression respectively feed one another. Any approach, which ignores that terror is a consequence, turns to producing solutions with only oppression. Consequently, this only promotes terror. Therefore, the way to end terror requires an approach by the State, respectful of basic rights and freedoms, and a way of thinking, which sees economic development and security as pieces of the same whole.

In order to render the region attractive for commercial and economic activities, it must no longer look as a dead end street, a dynamic trading environment shall be created with neighboring countries, including border trade. Therefore, our Party shall take all kinds of precautions for the promotion of trade in the region.

Since solutions based on a perception of a bureaucratic and authoritarian State rely solely on the concept of security, in the long term they exacerbate the problems even further. On the other hand, approaches based on the perceptions of a democratic State; end up in reinforcing the unity and integrity of our nation in the long term, although they may be met with concern initially. Thus it is a necessary step in the solution of the problem to realize that the problems in the region cannot be fully solved with just economic development policies, and that above all, approaches, which recognize cultural diversities within the framework of the democratic State of law should prevail.

Cultural diversities do not require that what we have in common with the region's population should be pushed to the background. On the contrary, being a citizen of the Republic of Turkey is the cement of our society.

THE ECONOMY
Development and Democratization
PROGRAM

III. THE ECONOMY

3.1 OUR CONCEPT OF THE ECONOMY

The economic mission of our Party is to increase the welfare and happiness of our people.

Turkey has a great economic development potential with its young and dynamic population, rich natural resources, and people with entrepreneurial spirits, historical and natural beauties and its geo-strategic position.

Our Party shall implement a "Continuous and Sustainable Economic Growth Strategy" in order to put mobilize this rare potential of our country. With the implementation of this strategy, poverty and unemployment shall be reduced, justice will be provided in the distribution of income. Thus, as the time goes by, our country will reach the level of developed countries, the living standards of our citizens shall rise and our country's respectability in the international community shall increase.

In line with this strategy, our Party has determined its economic principles, objectives and policies and has established a concept of government to implement them effectively.

Our Party adopts the following fundamental principles:

· It regards human beings as the resource and objective of economic development.

· It favors market economy operating with all its institutions and rules.

· It recognizes that the State should remain, in principle outside all types of economic activities,

· It defines the function of the State in the economy as a regulator and controller. Therefore, it believes that a healthy system of the flow of information and documents is important.

· It regards the privatization as an important vehicle for the formation of a more rational economic structure.

· It favors that the structural transformations brought about by globalization be carried out with the least cost, and believes that the healthiest way to do this is to increase the international competitive strength. Thus, it accepts that the increasing of our nation's competitive strength carries strategic importance in terms of our political and economic future.

· It believes that foreign capital playing an important role in the transfer of international know-how and experience, will contribute to the development of the Turkish economy.

· It regards the quality, productivity, effectiveness and citizens' satisfaction as the main criteria in the public services.

· It regards, the realization of the ethical values appearing with the mixture of international norms with our cultural values, in every area of economic activities as a precondition of continuous and sustainable growth.

· It believes that our relations with the European Union, World Bank, IMF and other international institutions must be maintained along the lines of the requirements of our economy and our national interests.

Within this framework, our Party's basic objectives are as follows:

· Increasing the production of goods and services.

· Reducing unemployment, preventing a high cost of living and ensuring justice in the distribution of income.

· Eliminating unfair profiteering, unfair competition and inefficient sanctions, which prevent stability in the economy. Not allowing monopolization.

· Providing a change in political and bureaucratic concepts to help private enterprise to advance, by effecting freedom for entrepreneurial activities.

· Achieving developments in foreign trade and increases in exportations.

In order to reach these objectives, our Party will apply the following policies:

· It shall utilize the national resources for creating an economy of production based on know-how, technology and productivity.

· It believes that economic stability can be reached with growth, and growth can take place through investments. Therefore, it shall promote investments to increase employment.

· It shall assist the finance sector to be structured for supporting production and developing new financial techniques.

· It shall make arrangements to reduce regional imbalances and it shall ensure the utilization of the economic potential in all of our regions, effectively and productive.

· Tax reform shall be carried out.

· A reform will be launched as a matter of urgency to improve procedures pertaining to spending of public funds.

· A reform will be launched as a matter of infancy to improve procedures pertaining to spending of public funds.

· It shall ensure a fully defined judicial order conforming to universal standards, a reliable and functioning judicial mechanism, guaranteed property rights, reliable corporate structure and the capability to access markets and resources freely.

· It will make sure that all non-governmental organizations operating in the economic field especially, the chambers of commerce and industry, shall participate in the elaboration and implementation of economic policies.

Our Party believes that a strategy for a continuous and sustainable economic growth could be developed through an effective and reliable administration of the economy.

For this purpose our Party:

· Shall work with an economic administration which is effective, trustworthy and whose nationalistic-ethical values are high.

· It has adopted an understanding of the economy which is realistic, long term, reformist and dynamic, rather than a daily, populist, short-term concept of the economy.

· Believes that the society has the right to be informed about basic macro-indicators correctly and on time. The required legal and administrative arrangements in this subject shall be made.

· The scattered state of the management of the economy shall be eliminated; the number of concerned institutions, their internal structures, the rules governing their cooperation and coordination, administrative techniques and the principles governing the rules governing the policy, production, application and control shall be redefined.

3.2. PUBLIC FINANCE

3.2.1. BUDGET

The allocation and spending of the taxes paid by the people and other people revenues, imputes a great ethical responsibility to governments. The people has the right to question where the taxed paid by them are spent. Budgets must be prepared and applied according to this basic rule.

Our Party:

· Shall take balance and economic stability as a basis in preparing the budget.

· It shall establish mechanisms to install transparency and accountability concerning the budget.

· As a requirement of the concept of "Budget Rights", it shall increase the effectiveness of the parliament in the preparation and auditing of the budget of the government. The basic sizes of the budget shall discuss at the Planning and Budget Commission, and the budgets of various departments shall be discussed at the pertinent specialized commissions.

· Legal regulations shall be prepared, allowing the Supreme Council of Public Accounts to audit budget implementations on behalf of the Grand National Assembly in the real sense, and for deputies of the Grand National Assembly to ask questions to the Supreme Council of Public Accounts regarding public spending. The Supreme Board of Audits shall submit results of the audits to the Parliament rather than the executive organ to which it is attached, and it shall be taken under the umbrella of the Supreme Council of Public Accounts.

· Priority shall be assigned to the rapid realization of the reformation of the procedures governing the public spending , this reformation exercise will aim at the improvements of the performance of the public services which means stability, transparency, effectiveness and productivity.

· Within the amounts of the budget, shares of social spending items such as education and health especially, shall be increased and the quality of these services will be raised to international standards.

· The functioning, as well as the internal and external auditing of funds, revolving capital accounts, foundations, associations, social facilities and special accounts, established within the structures of the public institutions and establishments shall be tied to new principles.

3.2.2. TAXATION

Taxes mean that the public shares with the State a portion of the value it produces. From this point of view, taxes affect the spending and investment decisions of economic units. As the structure and features of taxes affect the direction and shape of spending and investment decisions, tax policies consistent with continuous and sustainable growth are important.

Our Party:

· Shall simplify taxation regulations, shall reduce the number of tax types, shall decrease taxation rates and bring fairness to taxes.

· Shall use taxes more effectively as a vehicle of achieving social and economic targets, rather than just for financial purposes.

3.2.3. PUBLIC DEBTS

Public deficits continue to remain above acceptable levels and this causes problems which affect the whole economy. As a result of this, the public becomes the largest customer of the money markets, the funds which the private sector will use become insufficient, credit costs rise and the functioning of the economy becomes unhealthy.

In order to reduce and control the borrowing requirements of the public, our Party shall;

· Mobilize new sources of income; provide spending discipline and increase efficiency and productivity in public services.

· Monitor the harmony between the real borrowing costs and the growth rate.

· Direct long-term borrowing to investments having the capacity for making repayments.

· Short-term borrowing shall be made for the purpose of regulating the cash balance rather than purposes of financing.

· An effective debt management shall be conducted by taking into consideration the real costs of domestic and foreign debts.

· The efficient coordination shall be worked out between The Treasury, Central Bank, Ministry of Finance and other departments operating in the economic field. Cash flow of all public establishments shall be followed up for the purpose of determining the borrowing requirements.

3.3 PRIVATIZATION

Privatization is important for the formation of a more rational economic structure. Privatization is a vehicle to increase productivity in the economy and to take the State out of activities which could disturb the full competition environment.

Our Party:

· Shall make the legal and administrative arrangements to allow a fast privatization to provide the related social benefits.

· Shall carry out a fast and transparent privatization.

· Privatization transactions shall be subjected to the auditing of the Supreme Council of Public Accounts.

· The shares of the Establishments to be privatized shall initially be offered to employees of the said establishment, regional population and the concerned professional associations and their shares shall be traded in the stock exchanges.

· The required environment of confidence shall be achieved, and our citizens living abroad shall be encouraged to participate in privatization processes.

· National strategic preferences and priorities shall be taken into consideration in the privatization of the critical sectors.

3.4 PRODUCTION AND INVESTMENT POLICIES

Internationally competitive production capability is very important in the achievement of economic stability and implementation of successful economic policies. Economic growth can only be achieved through increases in production. This is the reason why the increase of production, employment and exportations, constitute the foundation of the economic policies to be implemented. The State provides necessary infrastructure for production and promotes production.

Private entrepreneurs, who are the driving force of the of production, invest in an economic environment where political and economic stability prevails; where principles are clear, reliable and transparent; where contracts are tied to strong sanctions; where all macro-economic indicators including inflation, foreign exchange rates and interest rates can be estimated; and where it is possible to make economic calculations. Our Party is determined to create this environment. The environment of trust which will be created will mobilize the entrepreneurial strength already existent in the society. It will also accelerate the entry of foreign capital into our country and thus achieve a significant increase in production.

Our Party:

· Shall launch a genuine production and investment mobilization in Turkey.

· For the sake of the efficient use of resources, will support the creation of economic basins or centers of attraction in agriculture and industry, by taking into consideration issues such as raw materials, energy, labor, transportation and market potential.

· Shall give prominence to incentives likely to reduce, the cost of inputs and to increase quality, productivity and employment.

· Engineering and contracting services abroad, supplying a significant quantity of foreign currency inflow and employment capacity, shall be supported. Will therefore, amend provisions making employment abroad difficult, will widen credit possibilities and start application of risk insurance.

· The National Defense Industry shall be encouraged as a priority.

· Shall support R&D activities.

· Shall encourage Turkish companies to manufacture in international quality standards in order to increase quality and productivity in production.

· Shall expand the implementations of the Build-Operate models in order to realize major investments requiring new technologies.

· Cooperation within the scope of techno-parks shall be developed between industry and universities.

· Employment costs shall be reduced in order to increase the production and competition capacity of the private sector.

· Shall encourage the production and utilization in the private and public sectors of 'New Economy' tools such as computers, Internet and information technologies.

· Shall encourage the production of original patents and industrial designs playing an important role in the increasing of the competitive strength of products.

3.5 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY

Protection of patents, brands and industrial designs and support of investments to be made in the area of industrial properties is one of the major elements lying underneath the success of developed economies.

Aware of the importance of attracting foreign investments, the transfer of the latest technological developments into our country, the prevention of the brain drain, the increase of exports and the importance of manufacturing based on industrial property for global competition, Our Party shall amend all regulations preventing discoveries and new inventions, shall protect patent and license rights with an understanding suitable to international standards, thus new inventions will be encouraged.

3.6 FOREIGN TRADE

One of the most important political tools of our Continuous and Sustainable Economic Development Strategy is the increase of our exports. Increase of the export volume depends primarily on the increase of the international competitiveness of the economy.

Our Party shall:

· Remove al types of financial, administrative and bureaucratic obstacles in impeding the exports and launch an export mobilization.

· Moving from the fact that exports can be achieved most easily with neighboring countries, will take all types of measures aimed at implementations for the increase of exports to neighboring countries.

· Increase Eximbank equities and encourage the utilization of the capabilities of the banking sector for the financing of exports and manufacturing destined to exports.

· As certain that Turkish missions abroad, intensify their activities aimed at increasing exports.

· Cooperate closely for the development and application of export policies, with professional associations operating in this area.

· Provide incentives for companies to extend the 'Made in Turkey' image abroad.

· Supply R&D and investment support to Small and Medium Scale Enterprises which are oriented towards exports, producing high added value products, in order for them to be able to reduce their manufacturing costs.

· Provide incentives for manufacturing of goods with high export potential and high added value, such as sophisticated materials, electrical and electronic products, defense and space systems, automotive industry and similar areas.

· Take up regional trade as a major synergy vehicle of continuous and sustainable economic development.

3.7 FINANCIAL SERVICES

The financial services sector plays an important role in the system of economic structure and in the network of relations, due to the strong forward and backward connections it possesses. Having an important role in the supply of money and purchasing power and its transfer into the economy, it is essential that financial institutions should operate efficiently and productively.

The necessary environment shall be prepared for the real and relative balances of inflation, interest rates, foreign exchange and other monetary variables, to be indicators to reflect the cost of opportunities. In this manner, the dynamism and competitive ability of the economic units shall be increased. Thus, it will be possible for the dynamism and competitive tendencies to increase in the decision making and implementing processes of economic units.

For this purpose:

· It will be made possible for savings rates to be raised, for savings to be utilized in the economy, for financial brokerage types and transactions suitable to economic and socio-cultural needs to be initiated and developed. Emphasis will be given to the diversification of the sector in terms of financial institutions and financial tools, and the increase in the depth of the markets.

· Coordination among institutions regulating and controlling the sector shall be reinforced and these institutions will be provided with the ability of conducting effective audits.

· Measures shall be taken for the international competitive strength of the sector.

· Private insurance systems shall be encouraged for the purpose of protecting the means and resources possessed by our country's economic units and the supply of funds which the economy needs. Reassurance services in the insuring of the production of goods and services and professional activities shall be developed and expanded in our country in order to develop the legality of liability and to raise the quality of production and services.

· Savings deposits reassurance systems shall be regulated in accordance with the standards of the European Union.

· It will be made a widespread practice for financial Statements of financial institutions to be prepared in a transparent and realistic manner.

· Evaluations of financial institutions will have to be carried out by credit rating companies.

The capital markets which assume an active role in the spreading of capital to the grass roots and in the financing of investments at suitable terms possess an important position for reaching the target of continuous and sustainable economic growth and for the improvement of international competitive strength.

In this framework:

· Cooperate investors will be encouraged to enter the market with a view to making the capital markets deeper and more effective.

· Structure and functioning of capital markets shall be improved.

· The Istanbul Securities and Stock Exchange shall be brought to an international rank.

· Forms of financings such as real estate property investment partnerships and risk capital investment partnerships shall be made attractive and improved.

· Necessary sanctions will be applied to prevent all types of transactions based on inside information in the capital markets.

· Rights of small shareholders shall be protected in the capital markets.

· Futures markets will be supported to increase the ability of making estimations in the markets, and to limit the effects of the fluctuations in the capital markets over the economy.

3.8 TRADESMEN, ARTISANS, SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES

Tradesmen, artisans and Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, making important contributions for the creation of production, employment and added value in our country, are the backbone of our economic and social structure.

One of the major targets of our party is to support tradesmen, artisans and Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, with the most effective methods with the view to rebuilding the middle class of our country.

In this framework:

· A plan including, among other measures, financing support based on projects, tax incentives and a plan including the reduction of bureaucratic obstacles shall be implemented.

· Protection from unfair competition will be extended to tradesmen, artisans and Small and Medium Scale Enterprises against large corporations.

· Foreign trade companies operating in a given sector shall be supported so that the companies operating in similar fields could export the goods they produce more efficiently and productively.

· Artisans and tradesman will be given a chance to contribute to the decision making process of the local administrations on subjects pertaining their area of activity.

· The support of the State and local administrations shall be increased in the establishment and expansion of training centers supplying apprenticeship training to artisans and tradesman.

3.9 AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND FORESTRY

Our basic aim is to increase the productivity and production in the agricultural sector, to ensure the stability of producers' revenues, to assure the rational usage of incentives aimed at this sector.

In order to achieve this goal:

· Measure shall be taken with a view to transform the production units in the agricultural sector into an economic enterprise.

· Utilization of technologies to increase productivity and decrease costs of inputs shall be encouraged is in the rural areas.

· Commodity exchanges shall be established in areas where agricultural production is concentrated, and these exchanges shall be driven to carry out futures transactions in the commodities.

· Policies shall be developed to transfer in a healthy manner the redundant labor in agriculture to other sectors.

· Export companies shall be supported to supply the agricultural products to the world markets.

· Our farmers shall be protected against losses in natural disasters, through the agricultural insurance to be developed.

· Ecological agricultural and production of high quality seeds shall encouraged.

Regarding stock breeding:

· The proportion of high productivity bred animal races within the general population of animal stocks shall be increased.

· Taking into account the geographical structure of our country, production of sea and freshwater food products shall be encouraged.

· Taking into account the economical structure of our country, growing of animal feed plants shall be encouraged.

· Livestock auctions shall be restructured and shall be converted so as to be able to carry out forward term transactions.

· In the Eastern and Southeastern Anatolian Regions where the animal husbandry potential is high, this sector will be revitalized.

Regarding forestry:

· A Forestry Master Plan aimed at least towards the coming 50 years shall be prepared. Along the lines of a national forestry policy to be determined in accordance with the changing national and world conditions.

· Measures shall be taken to give people living in forest areas a say in the protection of forests.

· Forest villagers shall be issued usage rights and preservation liabilities, especially in forestry products other than trees; with the condition of property rights remaining vested in the State, for the sustainability of our forests.

· Private forestry shall be supported and trees whose fruits, seeds and flowers are useful shall be encouraged to be raised at the correct ecologies by the private sector.

3.10 ENERGY

The basis of our Party's energy policy consists of assuring the reliability and sustainability of the energy supply by protecting our national interests, creating an energy market based on competition, and protecting the environment and human health for which we are sensitive.

Along this policy:

· Present facilities not operated effectively and productively shall be privatized in the soonest time, these facilities will be renewed and their capacities will be increased.

· New investments shall be made more widespread with build-operate models.

· Serious scientific and technical projects shall be started in the subject of hydrogen energy, which is the energy of the future; the necessary studies will be performed for transition into implementation with other advanced nations.

· Privatization and license issuing procedures shall be fully transparent and open to competition.

· Projects preventing energy losses and waste shall be supported; the awareness for energy savings shall be expanded throughout the country.

· Alongside energy sources such as the sun, wind, geothermal and biomass, the installation by the private sector of hydroelectric power plants and thermal power plants based on domestic coal, equipped with new technologies, with high productivity, harmless to the environment, shall be supported.

· Oil and natural gas exploration shall be encouraged.

· As alternatives to power plants where foreign origin natural gas is used or as substitute investments, nuclear energy power plants shall be built by taking the required safety and environmental protection measures. Thus, the inexpensive energy required by the economy shall be supplied.

· Dependence on a single source for energy shall be avoided.

· Our Party is aware that our country is in the position of a bridge for the foreign sourced petroleum and natural gas to open up to world markets. This strategic position shall be used effectively and our country will be converted into a distribution terminal.

3.11 MINING

The richness of our underground resources provides our country a comparative advantage . Our Party shall rapidly implement an efficient mining program emphasizing our national interests in order for these resources to contribute to the national economy.

Our target shall be to provide input into the domestic industry with high added value products and to increase the quantity and diversity of our exports.

Within this scope:

· An intense period of activity shall be started by making use of our technical manpower and our accumulation of experience, by observing environmental issues at every stage.

· The private sector shall be supported, foreign capital shall be encouraged and obstacles in front of fast and productive manufacturing processes shall be eliminated.

· Exploration, operation, production and exportation of strategic minerals shall be carried out using scientific and technological methods.

· Taking into consideration their strategic characteristics, our mines shall be either operated by using different methods or privatized.

3.12 TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS

Our Party believes that transportation and communications constitutes one of the most important infrastructures in the national economy of our country.

Therefore, it is our basic target to establish a transportation and communications infrastructure, ensuring integration within the elements of transport, offering a rapid and economical service, able to provide the highest contribution to the purpose of growth and not destroying the environment.

In order to raise the transportation and communications system in our country to contemporary standards our Party will:

· Implement the land, sea, air and railroad Transportation Master Plan to bring the optimum balance between the transport systems.

· Assign special priority to the development of railroads in the framework of contemporary business management concepts, together with the private sector.

· State highways shall be turned into divided motorways, the efficiency of training, inspection and engineering services will be increased in order to improve road safety .

· Allow the rejuvenation and renewal of our maritime fleet, move port operations to autonomous port management and privatize harbor services.

· Increase the international competitive strength of our merchant fleet.

· Support our shipbuilding sector in a manner to meet the requirements of both domestic and foreign ship owners.

· Cooperate with professional chambers and non-governmental organizations for the protection of maritime environment.

· Raise the standards and capacities of our airport and encourage the establishment of private aviation companies.

· Promote the establishment and expansion of telecommunications, radio, television and information networks; offering inexpensive, productive, high quality and reliable services in the free competition environment, allowing the user alternative selection possibilities.

3.13 TOURISM

Turkey has a great tourism potential with its historical and cultural accumulation of wealth, variety of natural beauty resorts and friendly population.

Our Party believes that, a conscious effort as needed in order to allocate this potential in Turkey to the service of tourism. The increase of tourism revenues in Turkey and the diversification of tourist regions depend on the close monitoring of economic, social and cultural developments in the world and the efficient promotion of our tourism potential.

In the framework of these general principles:

· The institutional and legal infrastructure of the tourism sector shall be improved.

· The Tourism Master Plan, increasing the diversity of products in tourism, identifying the priorities, ensuring the contribution of the local initiative, drawing up and assessing the tourism inventory of our country, projects for local promotion, shall be prepared by cooperating with professional organizations.

· For the purpose of improving the seasonal and geographical distribution of tourism, and to create potential areas by taking into account changing consumer preferences in foreign markets, policies to develop winter, mountain, valley, river, thermal, health, belief, yacht, congress, fair and third generation tourism will be worked out.

· The required support shall be provided to exhibition organization companies and travel agencies in order to expand congress and fair tourism.

· Development of domestic and foreign tourism will be supported in accordance with the characteristics of various regions which possess a rich potential in terms of cultural and historical heritage.

3.14 CONSUMER PROTECTION

Our basic objectives in the area of consumer protection are: the creation of a fair balance between consumers and producers-suppliers prevention of harm or damages to the consumer, maintenance of a healthy communication between consumers and suppliers.

Along the lines of these basic objectives;

· The Consumer Protection Law will be rearranged in the framework of universal consumer rights.

· Consumers courts shall gain become operational; consumers' ways to seek their rights shall be simplified.

· Legal regulations shall be established for the solution of the problems encountered by consumers in their contracts and the institutional structure to facilitate practically and financially the use of legal means.

· Product and professional liability insurance shall be made mandatory regarding the goods and services for the sake of protection of consumer rights.

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Development and Democratization
PROGRAM

IV. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

4.1 OUR PERCEPTİON OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

The highest form of organization provided by the Constitution and the legislation, possessing the right and authority to use the government for the benefit of the society is the public administration. Contemporary public administration must admit the service to people and society as the highest priority purpose when using these rights and authorizes.

A democratic government that provides high quality services by maintaining social justice and development, and the public administration to reach the ability to constantly develop itself, are amongst our fundamental objectives.

Our Party aims at placing the understanding of public administration in the axis of democratization, localization and civilianization.

Our Party believes that the contemporary government must possess the following characteristics:

· The concept of the "constitutional State", where universal rights and freedoms of the citizens are guaranteed, and where these freedoms are most efficiently guarded must be sovereign in the running of the state. The State must use the powers and authorities within the framework of the Constitution.

· A transition shall be rapidly made to a government concept where as much authority, task and function are transferred to local governments, and where many government functions can be carried our by local administrations, holding the power at the control administration.

· As a requirement of our social State concept, the State has the obligation to assume the responsibility of the social welfare. For this reason, the State has to implement efficiently the programs pertaining to social security, social assistance and social services.

· The State must withdraw from all service areas and remain exclusively in the areas of foreign security, justice, basic education, health and infrastructure services, which are its basic functions as an executing body, whereas its regulating and inspecting functions must continue.

· All citizens should adopt the principle of democratic administration, where the people will elect its representatives with its own volition and will bring its contribution to the administration, thus sovereignty of the people should be recognized by all citizens and especially by the public servants .

· Transparency, accountability and foresee ability in the public administration shall be introduced in every area and stage of the government.

4.2 CENTRAL GOVERNMENT

The basis of public administration is to serve the people. It is crucial for central government to be restructured in order to better serve our citizens, to increase productivity and quality in services.

As a requirement of our perception of government and the need for restructuring in the public administration, our Party shall bring about the following policies:

· All public administrations and institutions shall be restructured with a concept of administration aimed at the target of satisfying citizens, and they shall be transformed into establishments of international quality standards.

· All necessary arrangements shall be made in order for the central government to take into account the principles of productivity, openness and efficiency in its transactions and acts, and to be sparing in its spending and respectful to the environment.

· Many services rendered at present by the central government in our country shall be transferred to the local public establishments and agencies and local administrations, and, if possible to the private sector. The administrations of public agencies and institutions responsible for executing the main functions of the State shall be vested with a structure, which is fast and works productively.

· The Prime Ministry shall cease to appear as a giant service ministry. The areas of jurisdiction of the ministries shall be reorganized and the number of ministries shall be reduced.

· The central and rural organizations of ministries shall be restructured without delay in accordance with the requirements of age we live in, and characteristics of the service areas, by taking into consideration measures such as quality, productivity, provision of services thus, public funds will be saved.

· Auditing authorities of the central government over the local governments shall be rearranged in conformity with the policies of local administration.

· Except for imperative cases, regional administrations of the public institutions shall be abolished, and fair and equitable criteria shall be introduced for the establishment of new provinces and townships.

· The 'range of authority' and 'separation of duties' principles shall be revised and provincial bodies shall be granted the authority to make decisions on selected issues.

· Principles to which autonomous agencies and institutions will be subjected, the manner of electing the members of these organs, which areas they will be established in and their relations with the central government shall be revised with a democratic approach.

· The Concept of "exceptional task" in the legislation pertaining to personnel matters of the central administration shall be redefined and the top officials to be changed with the political governments in power shall be defined by law, and the replacement of officials other than those defined shall be prevented.

· Bureaucratic formalities shall be reduced, and the State shall cease to be cumbersome. Structural weaknesses of the central government such as nepotism and partisanship shall bring to an end.

· All of the State agencies shall be made to benefit from innovations in information and communications technologies, and new technological developments shall be quickly reflected into the function of public administration.

· A new law on administrative procedures will be enacted to introduce a general legal arrangement for the purpose of defining the modalities of making decision and implementation.

4.3 LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Our time is an age of globalization; from one standpoint and an age of localization from another, and the weight of local administrations within state has increased.

Democracy is not any more just electing and being elected, at the same time it is perceived as a regime of participation and cooperation. That means; participation and cooperation are vital in local governments.

The actual problem in the area of local administrations is that our democracy lacks depth. This is the case in