“TDBB Bosnia and Herzegovina Delegation’s visit to Azerbaijan Program” organized by the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) in the context of a program initiated to develop cooperation between the member states was held between July 29 and August 2, 2018. The program was attended by Fahri Solak, Secretary General of the TDBB, Semir Efendic, […]

Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) Internship Program in cooperation with Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University was held on 2-29 July 2018 which was the fourth internship program of TDBB that has been organizing for four years. The internship program which was held in TDBB Headquarters was attended by International Relations students of Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University; Aygerim […]

‘Information and Experience Sharing Program’ for Azerbaijani Women in Local Governments organized by Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) in cooperation with Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB), Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, Başakşehir Municipality, Beylikdüzü Municipality, Küçükçekmece Municipality, Zeytinburnu Municipality and Turkish Employment Agency (ISKUR), was completed between 22 and 28 July […]

Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) July Administrative Board Meeting was held on 18 July 2018, Wednesday, at Akçakoca with the participation of Administrative Board members from Turkey, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, TRNC, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia and Tatarstan, hosted by Düzce Municipality. The meeting, under the chairmanship of President of TDBB and also Mayor of Kocaeli […]

Victims of the Srebrenica Genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina were commemorated at the 23rd anniversary with the ceremony held in Potocari on 11 July 2018. Thirty-five people identified after the exhumation were buried at the Potocari Memorial Center, thus the total number of buried victims increased to 6 thousand 610 people. The youngest among the victims buried […]

Union of Turkish World Municipalities’ (TDBB) 2017 organizations and activities have been published as ‘TDBB 2017 Activity Report’. In 2017 Activity Report, where annual organizations and activities of TDBB in addition to institutional information are accessible, Moldova visit and official contacts of TDBB delegation in May accompanied by Prime Minister Yıldırım, opening of more than […]

‘Martyrdom Monument’ built by the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) and Doboj Istok Municipality (Bosnia and Herzegovina) that commemorates 340 fallen soldiers of the 109th Brigade and 38 civilian victims was opened with a ceremony held on July 4, 2018. The opening ceremony was attended by the Secretary-General of the TDBB Dr. Fahri Solak, […]

Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) provided financial support for the 508th Ajvatovica Festival held in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 17 June and 01 July 2018. Besides tourists, local governors, politicians, non-governmental organizations from Turkey the festival was attended by the Bosniak member at the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegović, Prime Minister of […]

UYEM (International Local Governments Training and Research Center) 2017 Report including the activities of Information and Experience Sharing and Expert Training Programs that occurred in 2017 by Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) was published. The report shows the programs on Information and Experience Sharing, Expert Training and Practical Trainings, and also visual materials in […]

In Ramadan 2018, Ramadan food packets were distributed to 1.000 families to the region of Jabalia Al Nazlh (Gaza Strip) which is a Palestine Member Municipality by Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB). 1.036 aid boxes of basic foodstuff, which were sponsored by TDBB and supplied from local sources by Turkish Red Crescent were distributed […]

Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) gave participation support to the 1st National Children Forum organized in Kyrgyzstan’s capital city, Bishkek on 15-16 May 2018 themed as children’s early development by Roza Otunbayeva International Foundation. Participators came to the Forum not only from Turkey, but also from USA, Austria, England and also experts from UNICEF. […]

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 […]