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;

were aimed.

List

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 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/
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