Turkish World Mosque, built in Bulan Sögöttü district of Issık-Göl Province of Kyrgyzstan by Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) with the contributions of Members municipalities in Turkey, was inaugurated for worship on 26 May 2018, Friday. The mosque, having Ottoman architectural features with the capacity of worship for 200 people in Bulan-Sögüttü district of […]

Memorandum of understanding between Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) and Bishkek Metropolitan Municipality was signed in Bishkek on 24 May 2018 by TDBB Secretary General Fahri Solak and Deputy Mayor of Bishkek Erkinbek Isakov within the framework of the restoration Project of Bishkek Atatürk Park. The memorandum contains the main principles of reconstruction of […]

The tenth issue of Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) bulletin Local Agenda in Eurasia that is prepared every three months was published (Spring 2018). Cover topics of the tenth bulletin are as follows; publication of Aleppo in Ottoman Archieves by TDBB which was prepared by well-equipped academics, Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting organized for […]

The book composed of reports from the conference titled “The International Symposium on the Baymirza Hayit the 100th Anniversary of his Birth and Today’s Turkestan Studies” organized in cooperation with the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), Istanbul University, Mimar Sinan University, Rumeli University of Istanbul, Turkish Historical Society and Turk Ocaklari Istanbul branch was […]

TDBB Mongolia Bayan-Ulgii Delegation Information and Experience Sharing Program, organized by Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) in cooperation with Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Bağcılar, Sancaktepe, Zeytinburnu Municipalities and Turkey Travel Agencies Association (TURSAB) was completed after the presentations and site visits made in Istanbul between 7 and 14 May 2018. The program was attended by […]

Organized by Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTUK) and supported by Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), 10th Communication with Future Workshop was held in Tashkent, Bukhara and Samarkand between 7 and 12 May 2018. Communication with Future Workshop was attended by students of Turkish origin from Balkan countries, which are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, […]

The fire truck that was purchased in cooperation of Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) and Bagcilar Municipality was delivered to the Municipality of Skrapar (Albania) with a ceremony held on 12 May 2018. Major of Bağcılar, Skrapar’s sister city, Lokman Çağırıcı, Secretary-General of the TDBB Fahri Solak, Mayor of Skrapar Municipality Nesim Spahiu, Parliament […]

Turkey Park which was built in Kazakliya District, Moldova, Gagauz Autonomous Region with the support of the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) and the Municipalities of Altindağ, Büyükçekmece, Gölbaşı (Ankara), Isparta, Karatay (Konya), Keçiören, Ortahisar (Nevsehir), Osmangazi (Bursa) was opened with a ceremony held on Sunday, May 6, 2018. The opening ceremony was attended […]

Azerbaijan Member Municipalities Information and Experience Sharing Program, organized by Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) in cooperation with Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Bayrampaşa, Beykoz, Keçiören and Pendik Municipalities and Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism, was completed with the participation of 11 Mayors, after the presentations and site visits made in Ankara and […]

Cooperation Protocol was signed between Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) and Almetyevsk Municipality from Republic of Tatarstan on 27 April 2018 during Turkey-Tatarstan Business Forum. The signing ceremony was attended by TDBB Secretary General Fahri Solak, Mayor of Almetyevsk Ayrat Khayrullin and also President of Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnihanov and Deputy Minister of […]

Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) April Administrative Board Meeting was held in Selçuklu on 18 April 2018 Wednesday, hosted by Selçuklu Municipality. The meeting, under the chairmanship of President of TDBB and also Mayor of Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality İbrahim Karaosmanoğlu, was participated by TDBB Secretary General Fahri Solak, TDBB Administrative Board Members who are […]

Application period to Support Program for Master and PhD Dissertations of Union of Turkish World Municipalities for year 2018 has started. In this context, master or doctorate students who passed thesis stage and registered to a university in Turkey and whose thesis subject is on “Local Government and City Researches in Turkic Republics and Relative […]

Member of the Administrative Board of the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) Mayor of Şahinbey Mehmet Tahmazoğlu and TDBB Secretary General Fahri Solak attended to “5th International Best Municipal Applications Forum” organized cooperatively by Union of Russian Municipalities and Bishkek Metropolitan Municipality in the dates of 11-15 April 2018 in Kyrgyzstan. Moreover, within the […]

International Solidarity Forum – Emmaus Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina celebrated its 19th anniversary with a ceremony held on April 7, 2018, in Doboj Istok. Plaques of appreciation were presented at the ceremony to international organizations that supported the projects carried out by the association in 2017. Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) was among […]

Bashkir National Cultural Center ‘Ak Tirma’ Group conducting activities in order to keep and promote the Bashkir culture which came to Istanbul as a guest of Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), participated in a range of cultural events for the celebration of the Nawruz Festival and took videos in Istanbul in memory of historian, […]

Human Rights City Project Workshop, organized cooperatively by Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) and Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) and carried out with the member municipalities, was held between the dates of 30-31 March 2018 in Antalya with the participation of member municipalities, non-governmental organizations and academics hosted by Muratpaşa Municipality. The meeting was attended […]

Union of Turkish World Municipalitys (TDBB) March Executive Board Meeting and the 2018 Supervisory Board Meeting were held at the Unions Headquarters in Istanbul on Wednesday, 21 March 2018. The meeting that was presided by İbrahim Karaosmanoğlu, Mayor of Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality and president of the TDBB, was also attended by the members of TDBB […]

Istanbul Nawruz Festival, organized cooperatively by Governorate of Istanbul, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM), Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), Zeytinburnu Municipality, Culture Co. and Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism, was celebrated on 21 March 2018, Wednesday at Topkapı Cultural Park. The celebration program was attended by Governor of Istanbul Vasip Şahin, Mayor of […]

Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), which has published many academic, historical and prestige works up to the present time, has introduced another important work to the literature, as a result of devoted research and examination of expert academicians in the field: “Aleppo in Ottoman Archives”. The work, whose project coordination was carried out by […]

Expert Training Program on “Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting” held for the members from Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) was organized by the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) in cooperation with Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB), Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality and AFAD. At the program 10 firemen from Lefkoşa (Nicosia), Güzelyurt, Iskele, Gazimagusa, and Girne […]

Woman and Family Activities In Local Governments Expert Training Program, organized by Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) in cooperation with Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB), Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, Bağcılar Municipality, Fatih Municipality, Gaziosmanpaşa Municipality, Turkish Employment Agency (ISKUR), ISMEK and Kültür Inc. between 4 and 10 March 2018 with […]

February Executive Board meeting of the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) was held on Wednesday, February 21, 2018, by the hosting of Beykoz Municipality. The meeting that was presided by Ibrahim Karaosmanoğlu, the President of the TDBB and the Mayor of Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, was attended by TDBB Executive Committee members Yücel Çelikbilek, Mayor […]

“Kyrgyzstan Pre-School Educators Turkey Program”, organized by Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) in cooperation with Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education, Bağcılar, Bayrampaşa, Esenler, Kartal and Pendik Municipalities for 12 educators coming from different regions of Kyrgyzstan, was completed in Istanbul between 11-17 February 2018 with the presentations […]

The ninth issue of Union of Turkish World Municipalities’ (TDBB) bulletin ‘Local Agenda in Eurasia’ that is prepared every three months is published (Winter 2018). Cover topics of the ninth issue are; Knowledge and Experience Sharing Programme for the members of the TDBB from Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia and Kyrgyzstan, Support for the Student […]

Secretary General of Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic Speaking Countries (TURKPA) Altynbek Mamaiusupov visited Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) on 16 February 2018. Altynbek Mamaiusupov met with TDBB Secretary General Fahri Solak in TDBB Headquarters and stated his willingness for strengthening and improving TURKPA’s cooperation with TDBB. Mamaiusupov posited that “TDBB has a large scale […]