Adana Metropolitan Municipality

Adana Metropolitan Municipality is Turkey’s fifth biggest municipality.Adana Municipality was founded in 1871, and took metropolitcan municipality statute in 1986 with 3306 law code. Having , 2.700 km2 in total, 5 central district( Seyhan, Çukurova, Yüreğir, Sarıçam, Karaisalı) and 63 forest village. Having 1.594.210 population, Adana Metropolitan Municipality has 18 departments and 1.821 personals are taking part in it. 273 of the personals have been graduated from a university. 194 of it is female. In Transportation department, 209 bus are working in 12 different lines. In total there are 420 drivers, 136 of them is female.
The fields which the institution is active;
-To protect environment, agriculture areas and water basin
-To plan and organize transportation in the city
-To prepare development plan
-To set up geography and city information system
-To carry out health, education and cultural services
- To provide coordination between central districts. For these fields, It works together with head department and managership.
Adana Metropolitan Municipality is having a big reponsiblity for technical education and skills courses.In 3308 Law code, together with Adana Commerce Chamber and Adana Builders Federation, Metropolitan Municipality organized an on-the-job-training to 875 workers working in construction sector and gave them certificates.Municipality is a member of United Cities and Local Goverments Middle East and West Asia Section(UCLG-MEWA) and Çukurova Municipalities Federation. With the last law, 13 more district municipalities within our city are in our reponsibility.
MISSON: To provide the best planned, fast, effective, fair and citizens focused service.
VISION: By pursuiting leader and pioneer position, to become a pattern municipality in Turkey and the World.
OUR PRINCIPLES:
To service to everybody by being fair, honest and applying the laws.
To use public sources appropriate.
To be decided and brave to protect public rights.
To be clear and open to make decision, apply and activities.
To aim quality, sustainabilty and permanence in service.
To provide attendance to activities in citizens and municipality cooparation.
To work together with other institutions, foundations and non-govermental organizations in a coordination.
To give priority to the projects which are useful for the city in genaral.
To find solutions to the problems of the citizens quickly.