PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
Provinces are administered by governors in Turkey. They are appointed by the Council of Ministers with the approval of the president. The governors function as the principal agents of the central government, and report to the Ministry of Interior. They also represent the State at regional level.
Turkey was divided into eighty-one provinces (iller). Each province was further subdivided into districts (ilceler). Government at the provincial level is responsible for implementing national programs for health and social assistance, public works, culture and education, agriculture and animal husbandry, and economic and commercial matters.
As chief executive of the province and principal agent of the central government, a governor supervises other government officials assigned to carry out ministerial functions in his or her province. Civil servants head offices of the national government that deal with education, finance, health, and agriculture at the provincial level. In each province, these directors are responsible to governor.
Each district in a province has its own administration based in the district seat. The district administration consists of a district governor (kaymakam), central government representatives, and a district administrative board. They are appointed by the president upon nomination by the minister of interior. Each district governor is responsible to the governor, serving essentially as his or her agent in supervising and inspecting the activities of government officials in the district. The district in which a provincial capital is located may not have a district governor but instead be headed directly by the governor. There are 13 districts in Kutahya.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT
The aim of any system of local government is to meet the needs of its public. The system of local government in Kutahya is of course democratic. The people choose their representatives at provincial municipal and village level. There is a provincial parliament and permanent council.
As stated above the aim of local government is to meets the needs of its public (i.e. to provide adequate roads, water services, cultural activities, health services, agricultural and economic services). Local government must also try to make a contribution to the national economy and to try and develop the locality as a whole.

Provincial Parliament and Permanent Council
Members are chosen from all around the province once every 5 years. This is the body that makes all decisions for the Administrative Body. The parliament meets for thirty days each May and November. The head of the parliament is elected by the members of the parliament. The parliament decides on the budget and yearly programmes of the administrative body and chooses the permanent council. The permanent council has the power to make decisions when the parliament is not in session and also has its own duties delegated to it by the administrative body. The council is made up of 5 or 6 members chosen by the parliament from among their own members.

Municipalities
Municipalities exist in each provincial and district capital, as well as in all communities with at least 2,000 inhabitants. Municipalities are responsible for implementing national programs for health and social assistance, public works, education, and transportation. Each municipality (belediye ) is headed by a mayor (belediye reisi ), who is elected by the citizens to a five-year term and is assisted by deputy directors of departments and offices. Municipal councils, also elected for five years, vary in size according to each town's population. Municipal councils meet three times a year to decide on such issues as the budget, housing plans, reconstruction programs, tax rates, and fees for municipal services. A variety of municipal standing committees appointed by the mayor and municipal department directors or selected by municipal council members from among themselves, deal with financial issues and decide on the appointment and promotion of municipal personnel. There are 75 municipalities in Kutahya.

Villages
The smallest unit of local government in Turkey is the village (köy), a locality with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants. The principal authority in a village, the mukhtar (muhtar ), is chosen by an assembly of all the village's adults. This informal assembly also makes decisions pertaining to village affairs and elects a council of elders (ihtiyar meclisi ) that includes the village schoolteacher and the imam. The mukhtar supervises the planning and operation of communal projects and services and administers directives from higher authorities. The mukhtar receives government officials, maintains order, collects taxes, and presides at civil ceremonies. The village council supervises village finances, purchases or expropriates land for schools and other communal buildings, and decides on the contributions in labor and money to be made by villagers for road maintenance and other community improvements. The village council also arbitrates disputes between villagers and imposes fines on those who fail to perform the services allotted to them. There are 528 villages in our province.