World City Network Meeting

With the World City Network Meeting, inter-urban relations on both global and regional scales are discussed from various perspectives such as globalization, urban image, real estate market, production of urban space; and qualitative and quantitative research approaches, collection and visualization of urban data, and data-based evaluation systems for cities are discussed.

The first World City Network Meeting was held in 2018 with the themes of "Meeting of the Minds: Globalization and World City Network”; and the second was held in 2019 with the theme of “Change and Data Management”.

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Marmara Urban Forum (MARUF)

Marmara Urban Forum (MARUF) is Türkiye's first national urban forum. Marmara Urban Forum (MARUF) is a biennial international urban forum organized by Marmara Municipalities Union. The key motto of MARUF is “Cities Developing Solutions”.

Golden Ant Awards

With the Golden Ant Awards, evaluations are made in certain project categories within the scope of different administrative categories.

Urban Talks

Urban Talks is a series of talks that allow information, experience sharing and discussion on issues affecting cities and society such as urban space, transportation, environment, culture and arts, development, governance, social inclusion, population movements.

Marmara Sea Symposium

The topics discussed and the papers presented in each of the Marmara Sea Symposiums were compiled and brought together with the readers from Marmara Municipalities Union Culture Publications.

Smart Cities Summit

A smart cities approach that aims to build sustainable cities that use all resources efficiently and offer high living standards to their residents.

Local Governments Finance Summit

Local Governments Finance Summit; It is an activity that aims to use financial resources more efficiently for municipalities and to reach different resources through alternative ways.

International Children’s City Congress

In addition to the evaluations of experts in the field, MMU carries out the activities of Children's City, which provides a platform for children to discuss their own needs and problems, with a participatory approach, with a congress program supported by workshops and workshops.

Mayors Summit

Organized by the Marmara Municipalities Union, the Mayors' Summit brings together the member mayors around an agenda that is determined every year.

Kebikeç Seminars

This seminar series which sets out with questions such as “How works about books and libraries conducted in Turkey? How to suggest solutions to professional problems? ” aims to create a panorama of today’s different librarianship perspectives. The series include information about the models and traditions of librarianship in Turkey and in the world, various views on “books” as well as personal narratives on research methods.