ABSTRACT

One of the reform initiatives taken in Turkey to ensure more accountable and transparent public administrations is “Law on Right to Information”. Main purpose of this study is to analyze the extent of accountability achieved in public administration with the enactment of the Law on Right to Information, which entered into force on April 24, 2004. To this end, the number of the applications made in the scope of the Law on Right to Information and decisions taken by the Board on Access to Information have been analyzed and the accountability-related problems experienced in implementation of the Law on Right to Information have been detected. It seems that Law on Right to Information can serve as an important tool in ensuring accountability in Turkish public administration as long as considerable steps are taken in the long-term.