Democracy, which has an important place in the history of humanity, traces its historical origins back to Ancient Greek Athens. Democracy is formed by the combination of "demos" meaning people in Ancient Greece and "kratia", "kratos" meaning administration, power. As a result of the combination of these two concepts, "demokratia", which means "people's government", was born. The fact that this concept, whose origins date back to the 5th century BC, is still a system in use in the 21st century has made democracy academically interesting. Democracy, on which many studies and definitions have been made, is essentially based on the rule of a limited majority limited by minority rights through electoral procedures and the transfer of power through representation. It is important for the applicability of democracy that people have a say over the living space in which they will rule, have a better quality of life and take an active role in determining many policies based on this. Although its origins are not as old as democracy, the concept of sustainable development has become one of the most talked about concepts of the 21st century. This concept, which is based on the sustainability of development and focuses on the interaction of environmental, economic and social dimensions and the sustainability of the balance between them, makes its presence felt in every field. Along with the historical development of sustainable development, the goals published in certain years and the setting of new goals according to the implementation status of these goals have created an area to be addressed in the context of democracy. The relationship between sustainable development goals and democracy is related to both the human-centered perspective of the goals they emphasize and the steps that can pioneer the developments in societies and participation mechanisms while increasing the quality of human life as a whole. From this point of view, the aim of this study is to reveal the relationship between sustainable development goals and democracy from the perspective of democracy.

Keywords: Democracy, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development Goals