Civil Liability arising from Breach of Reliance to Government Announcements and Decisions

The simultaneous growth of the state of welfare and information society has led to a shift in the nature of the relationship between the government and citizens. The administrative decisions and announcements are effective in people’s lives, and people are planning and operating with trust and reliance on them or losing opportunities. With the government deviating from its decisions and announcements, all or part of planning, action and expense of people or missed opportunities will be wasted. In such cases, in case of proving fault, the government may be ordered to compensate. The government has coercive responsibility against citizens and by establishing a causal relationship, the government is obliged to compensate the damages. In direct damages, the government's responsibility is not difficult to justify but it is impossible to justify the government's responsibility, especially from the loss of opportunities and measures that have been made due to the government’s decisions or announcements that might harm citizens. The purpose of the civil liability for breach of reliance in order to protect the legitimate expectations is to put the harmed party in a situation that if such a decision was not taken, the party would still remain in the same situation.