The January Board of Directors Meeting of the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) was held on 28 January 2026 in Gaziantep, hosted by Şahinbey Municipality, with the participation of local administrators from 9 different countries (Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, TRNC, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Lebanon, Syria, and Türkiye). The meeting, chaired by TDBB President […]

The fortieth issue of the periodical publication titled “Local Agenda in Eurasia”, prepared as the quarterly Activity Bulletin of the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) in three languages (Turkish, English, and Russian), has been published. The cover topics of the fortieth issue of the bulletin are listed as the International Balkan University (IBU) “Sports […]

In cooperation with the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), sister city relationships were established between 11 municipalities from different countries in 2025. Taking into account the common cultural and civilizational heritage existing across the Turkish World, and with the aim of benefiting from knowledge, experience, and mutual practices through an approach based on brotherhood, […]

The December 2025 Executive Board Meeting of the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) was held on 19 December 2025 in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), hosted by Güzelyurt Municipality. The meeting, chaired by TDBB President and Konya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Uğur İbrahim Altay, was attended by TDBB Secretary General Fahri Solak; members […]

The Balkan Sports Park project, built on the campus of the International Balkan University (IBU) located in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, has been completed under the coordination of the Union of Municipalities of the Turkish World (TDBB), with contributions from Konya Metropolitan Municipality and Selçuklu Municipality. The project aims to expand access to […]

The 2025 meeting of the High Advisory Board of the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) was held on 11 December 2025 at the Union’s headquarters in Istanbul. The meeting was attended by TDBB Secretary General Fahri Solak, members of the Advisory Board, TDBB 3rd Term President İbrahim Karaosmanoğlu, TDBB Founding President Erol Kaya, Prof. […]

The workshop themed “Local Governments and Cross-Border Cooperation,” organized in cooperation with the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) and the Legal Affairs and International Relations Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States (TÜRKPA), was held at the TDBB headquarters in Istanbul on 4 December 2025. The workshop was attended by: Senator of the […]

The Turkic World 1st Water Workshop, supported by institutions including the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), was organized by Gaye Foundation, Water Foundation, and Academy Foundation, with the participation of many academics and experts from 9 countries, and was held in Afyonkarahisar on 26–28 November 2025. At the workshop, 30 papers were presented in […]

The “Specialist Training Program for Preschool Education Administrators of Kyrgyzstan,” organized by the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) in cooperation with the Roza Otunbaeva Foundation of Kyrgyzstan, Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education, Başakşehir Municipality, and Istanbul Medeniyet University, was completed with presentations and field visits held in Istanbul on 17–21 November 2025. The […]

The Thirty-Ninth issue of the periodical publication titled Local Agenda in Eurasia, prepared in three languages (Turkish, English, Russian) as the quarterly Activity Bulletin of the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), has been published. The cover topics of the Thirty-Ninth issue of the Bulletin are listed as the Opening of the Mahmut Kaşgari Barskani […]

The Mahmut Kashgari Barskani Monument, built in cooperation with the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), Jeti-Ögüz Municipality, and its sister city in Turkey, Bağcılar Municipality, was inaugurated on November 1, 2025, in the Barskon settlement of Issyk-Kul province, Kyrgyzstan. As part of the opening ceremony, the “Mahmut Kashgari Conference,” an exhibition of publications, and […]

The awards of the 10th Turkic World Documentary Film Festival, of which the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) is one of the project partners, were presented at a ceremony hosted by the Ankara City Council on October 24, 2025. The award ceremony began with the opening of the exhibition “From Samarkand to Bukhara: Turkish […]

The Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) was elected to the United Cities and Local Governments Middle East and West Asia Section (UCLG-MEWA) Board of Directors and the UCLG World Council during the UCLG-MEWA Congress held in Konya on October 3–5, 2025. The opening session of the Congress was attended by the Minister of Environment, […]

The October Board of Directors Meeting of the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) was held in Konya on October 2, 2025, hosted by Konya Metropolitan Municipality, with the participation of local administrators from six different countries (Azerbaijan, TRNC, Lebanon, Moldova Gagauzia, Uzbekistan, and Türkiye). The meeting, chaired by TDBB President and Konya Metropolitan Mayor […]

The “Mongolian Local Administrators Knowledge and Experience Sharing Program,” organized by the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) in cooperation with Selçuklu Municipality, was held in Konya on September 22-25, 2025. Participants included Dashzeveg Nayanbayar, Mayor of Nalaikh; Tseveenjav Erbol, Member of Nalaikh Municipal Council; Enkhbaatar Munkhzul, Member of Nalaikh Municipal Council; Amar Tugserdene, Member […]

Within the framework of the From Poverty to Prosperity III International Forum held in Namangan on September 17–18, 2025, Dr. Fahri Solak, Secretary General of the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), who was in Uzbekistan, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Employment of Uzbekistan. The signed document […]

In Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, a member of the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), the international conference titled “The Role of Civil Society in Strengthening Democracy in Uzbekistan: Global Challenges and Opportunities” was held on September 19, 2025. Within the framework of International Democracy Day, the conference was organized by the Center for […]

The “From Poverty to Prosperity: Uzbekistan 3rd International Poverty Reduction Forum” was held in Namangan, Uzbekistan, a member of the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), on September 17–18, 2025. At the opening ceremony, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev shared important information about the country’s poverty reduction strategies. The forum was attended by representatives of […]

The 13th International Altai Communities Symposium, traditionally organized every two years with the aim of promoting a better understanding of the civilization structure and cultural values of Altai communities, and supported by the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), was held in Szeged, Hungary, on September 3–5, 2025, with the main theme “The Culture of […]

Within the scope of the “Stationery Aid” project carried out by Zeytinburnu Municipality in collaboration with the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), stationery shopping vouchers were distributed to students in need living in Zeytinburnu, including many families of Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Afghan origin, as well as other Turkic communities. Under the jointly organized “Stationery […]

The “Knowledge and Experience Sharing Program of Uzbekistan Local Administrators,” organized by the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) in cooperation with the Uzbekistan Mahallabay Agency and Başakşehir, Gaziosmanpaşa, and Zeytinburnu Municipalities, was held in Istanbul between 08–12 September 2025. The program was attended by Zufar Mırzaakhmedov, Representative of the Cabinet of Ministers of the […]

The Thirty-Eighth Issue of “Local Agenda in Eurasia”, the quarterly activity bulletin of the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), prepared in three languages (Turkish, English, and Russian), has been published. In this issue, the cover topics include the publication of the book “Altai Communities: Place and Water Names” by TDBB, the cultural program in […]

The Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) August Executive Board Meeting was held on August 28, 2025, at the Union headquarters in Istanbul. The meeting, chaired by Uğur İbrahim Altay, President of TDBB and Mayor of Konya Metropolitan Municipality, was attended by TDBB Secretary General Fahri Solak and Executive Board Members Yasin Yılmaz, Mayor of […]

The book titled “Altai Communities: Place and Water Names” has been published by the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB). The volume consists of papers presented at the 11th International Symposium on Altai Communities, hosted by Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and supported by TDBB among other institutions. It features 73 papers by […]

It is known that every student who studies at Kyrgyzstan–Türkiye Manas University has a dream at least once to go abroad. At Manas University, every year the Turkish World Municipalities Union (TDBB) makes this dream come true for five successful students. In 2025, we, as these lucky students, also had the opportunity to do an […]