We should lead the change

In line with Izmir Metropolitan Mayor Tunç Soyer's understanding of a "woman-friendly city", awareness operations for gender equality are being carried out as part of the fight with the violence against women.

​Relations with the sister city Bremen will be strengthened

Izmir Metropolitan Mayor Tunç Soyer met with Dr. Andreas Bovenschulte, mayor of the sister city Bremen of Germany at an online meeting.

Messages of Friendship from Izmir in the 99th year of the population exchange

The 99th anniversary of The Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations was commemorated on January 29-30 with the "Izmir International Two Sides Art Days" organized by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality.

Izmir, the city of fairs, will host 31 fairs in 2022

Izmir which is the main city of Turkish fair business, will host 31 fairs in 2022.

​A New Connection Platform: Directizmir.com

The promotion of Direct Izmir project, which Izmir Foundation has done to increase the tourism potential of the city with the support of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, was carried out in Historical Gasworks.

​Collaboration Decision for Colombian Coffee and Mural Festival

The agenda of the meeting was to develop collaboration between Colombia and Izmir and the organization of common cultural and art activities.

​Biochar from Garden Waste

A facility is constructed to reduce plantal waste of parks and gardens to biochar.

“We are tall in the saddle with our financial structure"

Tunç Soyer, Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, said that the annual report published by Fitch Ratings confirmed the strong and reliable financial structure of the municipality.

At the summit, a call for “fighting together” has stood out

Poverty, democracy at a dead-end and human rights abuses were discussed at the session titled “Democracy and Human Rights” which was held within the scope of Third International Living Together Summit, hosted by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality between December 7 and 10.

​Cooperation protocol signed for Aegean Gastronomy project

Izmir Metropolitan Municipality signed a cooperation protocol with Izmir Commodity Exchange for the Aegean Gastronomy project.

​Izmir hosts Living Together Summit

In line with the vision of "Equal Citizenship Possible" of Tunç Soyer, Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, the third International Living Together Summit, which was held in Izmir after Montreal and Düsseldorf, started.

We are very lucky as we live in İzmir

Tunç Soyer, Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, attended the program organized by the Küçük Kulüp Foundation where the consuls serving in the city were hosted.

We hosted Kwaasteniet, Ambassador of the Netherlands

Tunç Soyer, Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, hosted Marjanne De Kwaasteniet, Ambassador of Netherlands to Ankara, in his office. During the visit, emphasis was placed on strengthening relations.

Time for contract on the Buca line

The evaluation process for the Buca Metro construction tender, the city's largest investment in history, to be realized by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, has been finished.

We hosted the Ambassador of Sweden to Ankara

Tunç Soyer, Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, hosted Staffan Herrström, Ambassador of Sweden to Ankara, in his office.

Izmir Sephardic Cultural Festival has been started

Izmir Sephardic Cultural Festival, held for the third time this year, has started to explain the contributions of Sephardic society to the city and urban culture.

The Travel Turkey Izmir Fair will be held between the 2nd and 4th of December.

The Travel Turkey Izmir Fair and Congress, which will be hosted in Fuar Izmir between December 2-4, will bring together Turkey's and the world's leading tourism sector representatives.

The route map of the first Cittaslow Metropolis - Izmir - was discussed in Italy.

Tunc Soyer, Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and Cittaslow International Vice President, attended the Cittaslow (Slow City) International Coordination Committee meeting in Belluno, Italy.

Soyer: "We're going to make a very successful Terra Madre”

Italian Cuisine Week and Terra Madre Anadolu Izmir 2022 dinner were organized at Izmir Marina Nefes Restaurant in cooperation of the Italian Consulate and the Turkish Italian Chamber of Commerce.

Loan From France for Buca Metro

The second loan contract for the Buca Metro, which will be built by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality with its own resources, was signed with the French Development Agency (AFD).

We are from Here Ergun Çağatay Photographs

The exhibition titled “We Are From Here Turkish-German Life 1990 Ergun Çağatay Photographs”, which opened on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Labor Agreement signed between Turkey and Germany in 1961, at the Kültürpark Art Gallery of the Izmir.

​The heart of gastronomy will beat in Izmir

Izmir will host the "Terra Madre" gastronomy fair under the leadership of the biggest food movement Slow Food, in line with the "Another Agriculture is Possible” vision of Tunç Soyer, the Metropolitan Mayor.

​Tur Izmir's

Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Youth and Sports Club Women's Handball Team left the field with a score of 29-29 in the 3rd round return match of the European Handball Federation (EHF) European Cup and added its name among the last 16 teams.

Appreciation for Pakistan Boulevard

Tunç Soyer, Mayor of Izmir, hosted Syrus Sajjad Qazi, Ambassador of Pakistan in Ankara, in his office.

Mayor Soyer made a speech in the Scottish Parliament

Multi-tiered collaboration is needed to combat the climate crisis.

Tunç Soyer, participated in the GLOBE COP26 Legislative Summit held in the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh upon the invitation of the International Parliamentary Union within the scope of UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26).