 Until 1928, the personnel system of our State was conducted with an unavailable wage scale and regulations that were not in line with the conditions of that time. In 1929, the salaries of State personnel system was arranged for the first time on the basis of Law on Amalgamation and Adjustment in Salaries of Civil Servants No. 1452 and with the Law No. 1108 and its Annexes and Amendments, it was intended to regulate the salary system. In 1939, it was aimed to stabilize the number of personnel in the public service and some issues such as including the paid employees in the law as the civil servants were adjusted according to the Law on Amalgamation and Adjustment in Salaries of Civil Servants No. 3656. Even though many amendments were annexed to the concerned Law, the outcome was not the desired one.
Law on Prosecution of Public Servants Dated 1926 and No. 788, which is not into effect today, mentioned the difference between the civil servants and employees. Civil servants were regarded as the main staff of the service, whereas the employees (servants) were considered as the auxiliary staff of the service. While Law on Civil Servants stipulates the difference between the actual and auxiliary service, it envisages the mentioned services be performed by civil servants.
The Constitution of 1982 states that the actual and permanent public services which the State, State Economic Enterprises and other public organizations are charged with fulfilling shall be conducted by the civil servants and other public officers. This provision is different from the one in the Constitution of 1961 as the former only mentions about “civil servants”, while the latter also notes on “other public officers” as well as the civil servants. As a result, the Constitution formed a general frame for the public officers. Considering the increasing roles of the State due to the economic, social and technical improvements in the country, the Constitution did not generate a “civil servant” scope for all public officers, but assigned the lawmakers for the distinction in the scope.
With an aim to fill the gap in this concept and solve the problems encountered, the establishment and functions of the State Personnel Department which was founded on the basis of law dated 17.12.1960 and No. 160 was readjusted with the Decree Law dated 08.06.1984 and No.217 and was restructured as State Personnel Presidency as an affiliated institution of the Prime Ministry.
“ State Personnel Presidency” ,the establishment goal and main responsibility of which is to regulate the personnel regimes that the public officers apart from the personnel who are subject to the Personnel Law of Turkish Armed Forces No. 926, its annexes and amendments shall be subject to in line with the cultural, social and economic conditions and legal principles of the country, to provide harmony, balance and coordination among the personnel regimes, to make the required amendments in the legislation, to ensure the pre and in service training of the public officers and monitor and supervise the applications on this subject, to conduct the necessary legislation attempts scientifically and neutrally so as to evaluate and enhance the administrative procedures and methods will share the happiness of congratulating its 49th establishment anniversary on 17.12.2009. |
