This study focuses on the status of public economic enterprises (PEE) in public administration in the 2000s. From this point of view, the reasons of the makeshift status in this organization have been tried to be shown despite the fact that state economic enterprises take part in the public administration. Although there are many studies in this field, these organizations will not be analyzed sector-oriented, but will be discussed in general terms and evaluated in the organizational context with the transformation in public administration. On the other hand, it is seen that the studies on PEE are proceeding from the privatization framework. Even though public economic enterprises are not considered suitable for today's socio-economic organization, the fact that they are still a legal entity in the public administration and that the discussions about public economic enterprises continue in the recent period brings these organizations to the agenda once again. The thesis of the study is that the position of public economic enterprises in the public administration is directly related to the transformation in this field and the destination of the transformation is administrative centralization. In this study, legislation, reports and plans related to public economic enterprises have been utilized and opinions and statements, especially written press, have been taken into consideration.