The awarding of the winners of the 4th Turkish World Documentary Film Festival, whose project partners include Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), was presented at a ceremony held on October 5, 2019 in Istanbul. At the award ceremony, held in the studio of the Turkish State Television and Radio (TRT) in Tepebaşı, the Turkish […]

During the visit of the Deputy Mayor of the Doboi Municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milos Bukejlovic and his delegation to the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), a working meeting was held related to the Friendship Bridge, which is planned to be constructed between the cities of Doboj and Doboj Istok, and a road […]

TDBB delegation headed by Uğur İbrahim Altay, President of Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) and Mayor of Konya Metropolitan Municipality, visited Tatarstan between 22 and 25 September 2019 upon the invitation of Union of Municipalities of Tatarstan. Tatarstan program was attended by President of Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) and Mayor of Konya […]

Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) September Executive Board Meeting was held with the hosting of Tatarstan Union of Municipalities in Kazan the capital of Tatarstan on 25 September 2019, Wednesday. The meeting, under the chairmanship of President of TDBB and also Mayor of Konya Metropolitan Municipality Uğur İbrahim Altay, was participated by TDBB Secretary […]

The Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) has published two books: “Altai Communities: Family and Family Values” and “Altai Communities: Dwellings and Housing Culture”. These two books, consisting from the texts of the reports presented at the VI international symposium of the Altai communities named “Dwellings, Family and Family Values”, held in Istanbul from July […]

TDBB Information and Experience Sharing Program of Uzbekistan Delegation organized by Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) in cooperation with Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), Konya Metropolitan Municipality, Nevşehir, Fatih, Selçuklu and Zeytinburnu Municipalities was completed after the presentations and site visits made in Konya, Nevşehir, Ankara and Istanbul on 8-14 September 2019. The […]

TDBB Mongolia Information and Experience Sharing Program, organized by Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) in cooperation with Konya Metropolitan Municipality, Bağcılar Municipality, Beykoz Municipality, IBB Kiptaş, Kültür A.Ş. and IBB Park and Gardens Directorate was completed after the presentations and site visits made in Konya and Istanbul between 24 and 30 August 2019. The […]

Eighth of ‘International Altaic Communities Symposium’, organized biennially for the purpose of better understanding of Altaic communities’ civilization structure and cultural values, was held in Bishkek and Issık-Göl cities of Kyrgyzstan between 19 and 23 August 2019, with the main theme of “Animal and Livestock Culture”. The opening Ceremony of the symposium was attended by […]

The ‘Education and Culture Center, which was built in the city of Glamoc in the western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) and the Islamic Union of Glamoc and the support of Beykoz, Gebze, Kocaeli, Sancaktepe, Selçuklu and Zeytinburnu municipalities, was opened on 28 July 2019. […]

Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) Internship Program in cooperation with Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University was held on 1-29 July 2019 which was the fifth internship program of TDBB. The internship program which was held in TDBB Headquarters was attended by International Relations students; Gulnura Alieva and Indira Kenetova and Economics student Perizat Niazova of Kyrgyzstan-Turkey […]

Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) Administrative Board Meeting was held on 24 July 2019, Wednesday, in Balıkesir Ayvalık with the participation of local government authorities coming from 5 different countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, TRNC, Macedonia and Turkey), with the hosting of Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality. The meeting, under the chairmanship of TDBB President and […]

‘Turkic Republics on 25th Anniversary of their Independence’ book has been published by Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB). The book has been prepared in order to evaluate the processes that Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan had gone through for 25 years from 1991 to 2016. In the work, the recent history of these […]

The Fourteenth Issue of the periodical ‘Local Agenda in Eurasia’ (Spring 2019), prepared as a quarterly activity Bulletin of Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), has been published. Cover topics of the fourteenth issue of the bulletin are TDBB’s 5th Ordinary General Assembly Meeting, Purchase of X-Ray Machine for Bulgaria Madan Regional Hospital cooperatively by […]

The Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) provided financial support to 509th Ajvatovica Festival held in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 14-30 June 2019. The festival that was attended tourists from Turkey, local authorities, non-governmental organizations were also attended by Presidential Advisory Board Member, Bulent Arinc, Turkey’s Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Haldun Koc, Mufti of […]

Application period to Support Program for Master and PhD Dissertations of Union of Turkish World Municipalities for year 2019 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 […]

Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) June Executive Board Meeting was held at TDBB Headquarters in Istanbul on 19 June 2019, Wednesday. The meeting, under the chairmanship of President of TDBB and also Mayor of Konya Metropolitan Municipality Uğur İbrahim Altay, was participated by Secretary General of TDBB Fahri Solak, TDBB Executive Board Members who […]

5th Ordinary General Assembly Meeting of Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) which aims to cooperation and solidarity in the concepts of local governments over 30 different countries with 1.179 member municipalities was held in order to select new governing bodies on 02 May 2019 in Istanbul. General Assembly was attended by former Deputy Prime […]

“Smart City Management and Intelligent Transportation” Expert Training Program organized by the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) in cooperation with Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Zeytinburnu Municipality, İspark AS, Metro Istanbul, Belbim AS, Mapikart, İsbak AS and IETT was held on 21-27 April 2019 in Istanbul with presentations and field […]

The Annual Report Report, which includes the works of the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) in 2018, was published. In the annual report that besides the institutional information about the TDBB has yearly activities conducted by the same. Among the titles that can be found in the report is the launching of the ‘Sister […]

Union of Turkish World Municipalities’ (TDBB) activities of Information and Experience Sharing and Expert Training Programs have been published as ‘TDBB 2018 Training Report’. In the report, Information and Experience Sharing and Expert Training Programs made in 2018 and detailed information about the programs included with images. With the support of cooperation organizations and institutions, […]

The Thirteenth Issue of the periodical ‘Local Agenda in Eurasia’ (Winter 2019), prepared as a quarterly activity Bulletin of the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), is published. Cover topics of the thirteenth issue of the bulletin are; visit of the TDBB-Azerbaijan Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina, TDBB’s 5th Ordinary General Assembly Meeting and TDBB […]

Nevruz Celebration organized in cooperation of Istanbul Governor’s Office, Provincial Culture and Tourism Directorate, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB), Culture A.Ş., Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) and Zeytinburnu Municipality was held on March 21, 2019, at Topkapı Culture Park. The celebration program was attended by Deputy Governor of Istanbul İsmail Gültekin, General Secretary of TDBB […]

Under the coordination of Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), digital X-Ray Machine supplied in cooperation with Pendik Municipality and Zeytinburnu Municipality which are the sister cities of Madan was delivered to Madan District Hospital with a ceremony on 15 March 2019. The ceremony in Madan was attended by Consul General of Turkey in Plovdiv […]

Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) and sister city Selçuklu Municipality cooperatively supported Beit Hanoun city of Palestine with fuel assistance. Upon the request from TDBB’s member municipality Beit Hanoun Municipality from Palestine, it was decided to supply fuel to Beit Hanoun Municipality in cooperation with its sister city Şelçuklu Municipality at TDBB Administrative Board […]

Organized by Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) and supported by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) Kültür A.Ş., “Turkish World Women Artists Istanbul Exhibition” was opened in International Women’s Day on 8 March 2019 in Taksim Art Gallery with the participation of 16 women artists from 9 different countries. The opening of the exhibition was held […]