As a result of the proprietary liability, states make use of varied financial intermediaries in order for the production of goods and services that meet public or private needs, and by this means, contribute to economic and social development. Slow city movement is acknowledged as an alternative development model in establishing, conserving, improving and sustaining the dynamics of the sustainable systems in economic, social and environmental sense. The movement has identified its criteria, which are accepted in its legislation, as intermediary in order to achieve its fundamental objectives. In Turkey, a range of legal arrangements provide convenience for the realization of the current slow city criteria (such as incentive and tax exemption). In this regard, the current study aims to identify which of the criteria of slow city movement are supported by the state financially or through public services in acknowledgement of the financial liability, and how this support is realized. The study, which employed the grammatical interpretation of the provisions of law and systematic literature review, identified that a total of eight sub-criteria of three main criteria were supported by the state. Regarding this, candidate sites need to specify the support they receive on their files.