Author:  BABA INSAHa ALIATA I. MUMUNIa* and PAUL BANGNIYELb

The task of monitoring the executive processes has been given to the legislative body on the basis of the principle of the rules of the parliamentary democracy and separation of powers. This supervision in Turkey is carried out within the framework of the authority granted by the statutes of both the Constitution and Turkish Grand National Assembly. The means of supervision of executive processes by the legislative body have been listed in the 98th Article of the Constitution as Questioning, Interpellation, General Meeting, Parliamentary Inquiry and Parliamentary Investigation and the ways through which this supervision is carried out have been presented in the articles 96-114 of the Assembly Statute. The effective and efficient use of supervision channels is of great importance for the existence and permanence of the democratic system. The transparency and accountability of the executive body to the assembly, which represents the will power of the public, is also the indication of the maturity of democracy. In this context, in the multi-party political system which is now valid in the parliamentary democratic system of Turkey, the practical functionality of the means of supervision is important, as well as the legal infrastructure that enables the opposition parties which are represented in the legislative body to supervise the executive power within the existence of disciplined parties. The content of this study is made up of the supervision channels through which the legislative body monitors the executive body in terms of statutes and procedures as well as what could be done to make these channels more functional to facilitate a more powerful parliamentary democracy on the basis of separation of powers. 

Key Words: Parliamentary System, Separation of Powers, Supervision Mechanisms.

Author:  BATTAL YILMAZ

Abstract: Sources of firm growth and development have received much attention in the field of research. These studies vary in content and perspective. Changes in the size of firms are therefore extremely important events in a firm’s demography. The growth of firms has consequences for employment and consequently economic growth. The objectives of this study are to explore the factors that affect business growth and the determinants of the size of business. The techniques used for data collection included questionnaires and interviews. Purposive sampling was employed to identify the sample. For robustness, both parametric and nonparametric methods were combined for the analysis. Further, simple regression analysis was used to ascertain the factors that affect the size of businesses. Correlation analysis was employed to examine the nature of the relationship between firm size and other variables. Furthermore, Pearson’s chi-square test of independence was also used in the study. The correlation analysis showed that business age had a positive and statistically significant association with business size. The regression analysis revealed that business age and record keeping had significant impacts on business size. For policy, business start-ups should be encouraged supported to survive over time. 

Keywords: Business size, Business age, Ghana