About the organization
Union of Municipalities of Turkey (Türkiye Belediyeler Birliği) was established in 1945 as a public interest association, with the Council of Ministers decision of 21 August 2002. It has reached the status of local administrative authority which holds a public entity, administrative and financial autonomy. It has become a public legal entity who is the representative of all of the municipalities in 2005. The mission of the union is to support the empowerment of local governments and their effective service provision, to safeguard their rights and interests, to strive for the strengthening of local democracy, to introduce them to recent developments and innovations at the global level, and to represent them in national and international platforms.