2. CONSOLIDATING THE TRUST IN GOVERNMENT: Public Sector Modernisation and its Effects to Increase Trust in Turkish Government Presentation by Dr. Önder KUTLU to the SG2 of EGPA Lisbon Conference (University of Selcuk – Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences)

3. CONSOLIDATING THE TRUST IN GOVERNMENT: Public Sector Modernization and its Effects to Increase Trust in Turkish Government I- Introduction II- The Turkish Government III- The Trust in Turkish Government IV- Modernisation in Government V- The Recent Attempts for the EU VI- Conclusion

4. II- The Turkish Government A- The Agenda for the Reform B- Ideological Background C- The Relations Between Politicians/ Bureaucrats and Citizens

5. III-The Trust in Turkish Government Table 1: The Influence of the Institutions Table 2: The Correct Level of Influence Table 3a: The Most Influential Instutions Table 3b: Who Should be Influential

6. Table1:The Influence of the Institutions (%) StrongMediumNo influence Military55.435.19.5 Media31.633.435 Government3338.328.7 Supreme Court20.138.441.5 Business sector28.255.516.3 Parliament22.941.835.3 (Source: Kutlu, Ö. et. al. 2002; Political Attitude Survey in Konya, Unpublished Survey)

7. Table 2:The Correct Level of Influence (%) StrongMediumNo influence Parliament75.315.69.1 Government63.824.611.6 Political parties56.114.729.2 Civil institutions33.932.833.3 Universities7.444.943.7 Military3.17.889.1 ( Source: Kutlu, Ö. et. al. 2002; Political Attitude Survey in Konya, Unpublished Survey)

8. Table 3a: The Most Influential Institutions % Government20.7 Military19.6 Media17.6 President12.8 Parliament11.4 Business sector7.9 Others10 (Source: Kutlu, Ö. et. al. 2002; Political Attitude Survey in Konya, Unpublished Survey)

9. Table 3b: Who Should be Influential % Government29 Parliament28.4 President17.4 Civil society16.1 Military4.1 Business sector3.9 Others1.3 (Source: Kutlu, Ö. et. al. 2002; Political Attitude Survey in Konya, Unpublished Survey)

10. IV- Modernisation in Government A- The Public-Net Project B- The Norm-post Reform C-Evaluation of the Reforms

11. V- The Recent Attempts for the EU Table 4:Perceptions of the Public (%) Autumn 2002Summer 2003 Trust in government4673 Positive expectations form the life 5465 (Source: Cited (from Eurobarometer) in http://www.radikal.com.tr (23-07-2003))http://www.radikal.com.tr

12. VI- Conclusions: Trust in government is vital for Turkish government; Trust depends on psychological modernisation more than physical one; Recently, trust in Turkish government has increased not because of the modernisation of public administration but because of certain other initiatives such as democratisation of government and the EU reforms.