ABSTRACT

Article 123/1 of the 1982 Constitution; “The administration forms a whole with regard to its structure and functions, and shall be regulated by law.” is in the form. As it can be understood from the article, the fragmented structure of the administrative organization must be in a unity. The legal tools used to ensure this integrity are hierarchy and administrative tutelage. Hierarchical authority refers to a vertical relationship between subordinates and superiors within a single legal entity, while administrative tutelage refers to a horizontal relationship between different legal entities. In general, it appears as the supervision and surveillance authority of the state legal entity over public legal entities. With the enactment of the constitutional amendments accepted by the referendum held on April 16, 2017, there have been radical changes in the executive function and many new structures have been created in the Presidency. One of these mentioned structures is the Presidential Policy Boards, which are advisory bodies. It is stated in Article 20 of the Presidential Decree No. 1 that 9 policy boards have been established regarding different fields of duty. These boards; “Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Board, Education and Training Policy Board, Economic Policy Board, Security and Foreign Policy Board, Legal Policy Board, Culture and Art Policy Board, Health and Food Policies Board, Social Policies Board, Local Government Policies Board, listed as '. Policy boards consisting of at least 3 members do not have public legal entities of their own, but are under state legal entity. The President of the policy boards, whose decisions are generally advisory, is the President. However, with the aforementioned decree, the President was given the authority to appoint one of the members of the board as the deputy chairman. In this study, the structure and characteristics of policy boards are explained and their place in the administrative organization is indicated. In this context, the legal status of policy boards has been defined and their relations with ministries and other public institutions and organizations have been tried to be analyzed legally within the framework of the integrity of the administration.

Keywords: Policy Boards, Integrity of Administration, Hierarchy, Administrative Tutelage