Kyrgyzstan Presidency of Ethnic Relations State Agency Information and Experience Sharing Program, organized by Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) in cooperation with Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA), Bağcılar, Sultanbeyli, Şahinbey, Zeytinburnu Municipalities, AFAD, Red Crescent, Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Migration and Istanbul University Department of Sociology was completed after the presentations and site visits made in Gaziantep and Istanbul.

The twelfth issue (Fall 2018) of “Local Agenda in Eurasia” as a quarterly Activity Bulletin of Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) was published.

Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) Executive Board Meeting was held on 21 November 2018, Wednesday, at Union Headquarters in Istanbul.

Evaluation Meeting of High Advisory Board of Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) was made in Union Headquarters on 21 November, Wednesday.

“International Human Right Cities Conference” organizing within the concept of “Human Rights Cities Project” carried out in cooperation with Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) and Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) took place in Istanbul on 22-23 November 2018.

Commemoration Program of “Chinghiz Aitmatov on his 90th Birth Year” was organized on 9 November 2018 in Istanbul cooperatively by Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), Istanbul Consulate General of Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan Culture and Friendship Association with the hosting of Istanbul Aydın University.

Heritage of Dede Qorqud/Korkyt Ata/Dede Korkut: epic culture, folk tales and music that is a common value of Turkish world, sent as a multinational case to UNESCO on last March added Turkeys cultural heritage on the representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage as 17th element.

Members of the Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB), Municipality of Kilis (Turkey) and Municipality of Gostivar (Macedonia) signed a ‘Sister City’ protocol, on November 26, 2018, in a ceremony held in Gostivar.