ABSTRACT

Provincial administrations as being a type of local authority in Turkey possess important duties in producing public goods and services (both for pure and in-pure public goods and services). These administrations have always been a fundamental discussion subject, especially on the question of their financial autonomy, since their foundation in 1913. Legal arrangements made in 2005 had some modifications on institutional structure of provincial administrations; however these arrangements haven’t had any impact on income growth. Dependence of provincial administrations to central government therefore continues. Present study examines income distribution of provincial administrations in the framework of intergovernmental financial relations. The study argues provincial administrations’ in Turkey and Edirne Provincial