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Büyükçekmece, Municipality

« Büyükçekmece, Municipality » takes part in the European Local Democracy Week - a paneuropean event coordinated by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe - as « Partner city »

"More Modern Büyükçekmece, Happier People from Büyükçekmece"

Büyükçekmece Municipality was established as a township. It has been well-known of it’s agricultural and touristic potential. It showed a huge development in the 1980s and it’s population grew day by day. Today, its population is officially 201.007, but in the summer times it goes up about 1.000.000 just because of the local and international tourism potential.

On the 4th of July 1987, Buyukcekmece became a district; related to the efforts made in city planning after 1994 (drainage network, decontamination facilites, parks, environment monitoring, taking energy and telecommunication networks to the underground, [......]

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"More Modern Büyükçekmece, Happier People from Büyükçekmece"

Büyükçekmece Municipality was established as a township. It has been well-known of it’s agricultural and touristic potential. It showed a huge development in the 1980s and it’s population grew day by day. Today, its population is officially 201.007, but in the summer times it goes up about 1.000.000 just because of the local and international tourism potential.

On the 4th of July 1987, Buyukcekmece became a district; related to the efforts made in city planning after 1994 (drainage network, decontamination facilites, parks, environment monitoring, taking energy and telecommunication networks to the underground, illumination systems). Due to its efforts, Büyükçekmece has turned to a modern European district.

Büyükçekmece Municipality has been dazzling and eye-catching cultural activities and projects in cooperation with the European Union and other institutions. This year Büyükçekmece municipality organized and hosted the 14th Büyükçekmece International Culture and Art Festival which became the first-award winner of CIOFF (International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals) in 2010.

In 2012, Büyükçekmece also had the title of“12 Star City” in the framework of the European Local Democracy Week co-ordinated by  the Council of Europe. In addition, Buyukcekmece won a place in the Guinness Records Book for the longest open-air art exhibition along our coast line this year.

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Partner(s) :

Municipality of Gelsenkirchen-Germany, Municipality of Cheonan-South Korea, Municipality of Umea- Sweden, University of Istanbul Arel, University of Istanbul Fatih, University of Istanbul Kultur, NGO of Supporting The Twin Cities Gelsenkirchen & Büyükçekmece, Büyükçekmece District Governorship, Büyükçekmece District Directorate of National Education, NGO of Ataturkist Thought Association, Association in Support of Contemporary Living, Fatih

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201007 inhabitants