10.17192/meta.2017.7.6331 İnce, Ayça Ayça İnce Isomorphism in Provision of Culture: The Case of Municipalities in Istanbul and Their Cultural Centers Middle East - Topics + Arguments : Vol 7 (2017) Philipps-Universität Marburg 2017 New Public Management Turkey Istanbul Municipalities Cultural Centers Cultural Policy Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) 2018-01-31 2017-01-27 en JournalArticle https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2017/179/6331 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2017-179-63311 https://doi.org/10.17192/meta.2017.7.179 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2017/179/6331/6331.png 2196-629X application/pdf Regardless of the diminishing budgets for investment in the cultural sphere, especially at the municipality level. Since 2000, 61 cultural centers have been opened in Istanbul alone. In spite of the growing cultural and artistic diversity and Turkish society's various demands in cultural services, of Turkish cultural policies on a local, city, and national level serves as a starting point for investigating how isomorphism transpires to the provision of cultural services on the level of Istanbul's district municipalities. This study not only explains the role of district municipalities in the cultural field of Istanbul, but also argues that three interconnected concepts—democratization, professionalization, and marketization—promote cultural convergence. 2196-629X Middle East - Topics + Arguments Vol 7 (2017)