TDBB August Executive Board Meeting Held in Istanbul

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 Bağcılar, Mehmet Yasin Özlü, Mayor of Başiskele, and Ahmet Cin, Mayor of Pendik. The meeting continued with Secretary General Fahri Solak providing information on the activities carried out and the agenda since the Board of Directors meeting on July 30, 2025, followed by discussions on the agenda items. In this context, decisions were made regarding the organization of an experience-sharing program for local administrators from Uzbekistan (Mahallabay Agency) in cooperation with TDBB and member municipalities, participation in the “3rd International Forum on Poverty Reduction” to be held in Uzbekistan on September 17–18, 2025, attendance at the UCLG-MEWA Congress to be held in Konya on October 2–4, 2025, support for participants from Turkic Republics and representation of TDBB at the “Turkic World Water Workshop” to be held in Afyonkarahisar on November 26–28, 2025, and holding the TDBB October Board of Directors Meeting on October 2, 2025, hosted by Konya Metropolitan Municipality in Konya.