General Information

Silivri Municipality is one of the Local Authorities in Istanbul. Silivri’s population is about 134.000 and the Municipality serves them with about 450 staff. There is a Mayor and 5 Assistants of Mayor. They manage 19 different departments including environment, utilities and construction, project, town planning, development, cleaning services, etc. There is also a City Council which consists of 31 members charged at local election. Municipality’s main sources are allocations from the general budget of the government, property taxes and improvement cuttings. Concentrated on meeting public’s social needs, the Municipality focuses on improvement of local economy by guiding good agricultural practices, teaching courses about the leader industries in the local area etc. The town has numerous historical value hence one of the main headlines of Municipality is bring historical sites in.