Organization:Development Agency (Turkey)

In the EU accession process, it was decided to establish development agencies in the year of 2006 within the scope of the policy of decreasing inter-regional disparities and income differences in Turkey . Currently, there are 26 development agencies in Turkey. The Ministry of Development is responsible for the coordination of development agencies in Turkey.

Roots

Since 1989, first development projects like GAP (The Southeastern Anatolian Project), DOKAP (Eastern Black Sea Project), DAKP (Eastern Anatolia Development Program), and ZBK (Zonguldak, Bartın, Karabük) began to be implemented under the coordination of State Planning Organization for the purpose of decreasing inter-regional disparities in Turkey. However, planning done by the center did not give enough fruitful results; also benefiting from the experiences of developed countries it was understood that developing "bottom-up" instead of "top-down" development policies is crucial.

A new approach, methods and institutional structuring models in parallel with regional development policy and practices of EU were emphasized and focused on regional development models by benefiting from the experiences of the EU countries on this issue.

Parallel to Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics (NUTS) of the EU, nomenclature of units for territorial statistics in three levels is made in Turkey. In this context, NUTS-1 includes 12 regions, NUTS-2 includes 26 sub-regions and NUTS-3 includes 81 provinces. With the establishment of NUTS-2;

• Development of a national economic and social cohesion policy aimed at reducing regional disparities,
• Adoption of the legal framework to facilitate the implementation of the acquis under this chapter,
• Creation of a multi-annual budgeting procedures setting out priority criteria for public investment in the region,
• Strengthening the administrative structures for managing regional development
• Implementation of regional development plans

were aimed.

List

Entrance of Ankara Development Agency

Development Agency	Provinces	Website
Ahiler Development Agency	Aksaray, Kırıkkale, Kırşehir, Niğde, Nevşehir	http://www.ahi-ka.org.tr
Ankara Development Agency	Ankara	http://www.ankaraka.org.tr/
West Mediterranean Development Agency	Antalya, Burdur, Isparta	http://www.baka.org.tr/
Western Black Sea Development Agency	Bartın, Karabük, Zonguldak	http://www.bakka.org.tr/
Bursa Eskişehir Bilecik Development Agency	Bilecik, Bursa, Eskişehir	http://www.bebka.org.tr/
Çukurova Development Agency	Adana, Mersin	http://www.cka.org.tr/
Tigris Development Agency	Batman, Mardin, Şırnak, Siirt	http://www.dika.org.tr/
Eastern Mediterranean Development Agency	Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye	http://www.dogaka.org.tr/
Eastern Anatolia Development Agency	Bitlis, Hakkâri, Muş, Van	http://www.daka.org.tr/
Eastern Black Sea Development Agency	Artvin, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Ordu, Rize, Trabzon	http://www.doka.org.tr/
East Marmara Development Agency	Bolu, Düzce, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Yalova	http://www.marka.org.tr/
Euphrates Development Agency	Bingöl, Elazığ, Malatya, Tunceli	http://www.fka.org.tr/
South Aegean Development Agency	Aydın, Denizli, Muğla	http://www.geka.org.tr/
South Marmara Development Agency	Balıkesir, Çanakkale	http://www.gmka.org.tr/
Silkroad Development Agency	Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Kilis	http://www.ika.org.tr/
İstanbul Development Agency	İstanbul	http://www.istka.org.tr/
İzmir Development Agency	İzmir	http://www.izka.org.tr/
Karacadağ Development Agency	Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa	http://www.karacadag.org.tr/
North Anatolian Development Agency	Çankırı, Kastamonu, Sinop	http://www.kuzka.gov.tr/
Northeast Anatolia Development Agency	Bayburt, Erzincan, Erzurum	http://www.kudaka.org.tr/
Mevlana Development Agency	Karaman, Konya	http://www.mevka.org.tr/
Middle Anatolia Development Agency	Kayseri, Sivas, Yozgat	http://www.oran.org.tr/
Middle Black Sea Development Agency	Amasya, Çorum, Samsun, Tokat	http://www.oka.org.tr/
Serhat Development Agency	Ağrı, Ardahan, Iğdır, Kars	https://web.archive.org/web/20160405041932/http://www.serka.org.tr/
Trakya Development Agency	Edirne, Kırklareli, Tekirdağ	http://www.trakyaka.org.tr/
Zafer Development Agency	Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Manisa, Uşak	http://www.zafer.org.tr/