The Union of Municipalities of Turkey ( TBB ) was established in 1945 as a public benefit association to operate in the field of municipalism and continued its activities in municipalism as an association for 57 years in order to protect the rights and interests of the municipalities under the umbrella of the association.
The Union of Municipalities of Turkey gained the status of a union of local administrations with the decision of the Council of Ministers dated 21 August 2002 and numbered 2002/4559 in order to gather all municipalities in Turkey under one roof.
With the adoption of the Local Administrative Unions Law No. 5355 in the Turkish Grand National Assembly on 26.05.2005 and its publication in the Official Gazette dated 11.6.2005, and the approval of the Union of Municipalities of Turkey Regulation prepared according to this Law on 28.09.2005 by the Ministry of Interior, the Union of Municipalities of Turkey, It has gained the feature of the only local administration union that has the authority to represent municipalities at national and international level and where all municipalities are natural members.
The duties of the Union of Municipalities of Turkey (TBB) are listed in Article 20 of the Law on Local Administrative Unions No. 5355 and Article 7 of the Union of Municipalities of Turkey Bylaw.
