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Thesis Type: Doctorate
Institution Of The Thesis: Gazi Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Turkey
Approval Date: 2018
Student: DENİZ AKKAHVE
Supervisor: KÜBRA ÇAMUR
Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
Abstract:The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the main components of the regional policy structure taking shape at the end of the supra-national, national and regional interaction process; to investigate the role of institutional structures, actors and path dependent processes on policy effectiveness. Recently, through global interaction processes similar governance and decision making structures caused by policy transfers are brought to the agenda. Within this scope, the thesis is trying to explain the role of the European Union (EU), as supra-national structure, in the context of changing regional policy environment based on the regional development programmes and grant schemes that are implemented within the pre-accession financial cooperation during Turkey's full membership accession negotiation process. In this thesis, programme and project-level examination are based on the triology of process analysis; perception analysis that targets main policy actors and impact assessment of granted projects. The Delphi Technique is used to measure the perceptions of the actors determined via stakeholder analysis. The thesis tries to find the results and impacts of programmes based on the theory-based evaluation method. The results of the study show that the convergence aim of the EU and its discourse that prioritizes regional policies result in institutionalization of Turkey on regional-level. Moreover, it presents that grant schemes as a policy implementation mechanism are becoming widespread. The main factors that shape the shifts in Turkey's context are; interactive policy learning processes, self-interest of actors, institutional absorption, capacity of change, traditional planning practice and institutional memory. The thesis reveals that effective implementation of inter-agency interaction and coordination; participation; monitoring and evaluation processes are vital for the institutionalization of regional policy.