Muğla Metropolitan Municipality is the local authority serving Muğla Province in southwestern Türkiye. With metropolitan status, the Municipality provides services across 13 districts, covering a geographically diverse territory that includes urban and rural settlements, coastal areas, agricultural landscapes, forests, and internationally recognised tourism destinations. This diversity creates both opportunities and complex challenges in terms of sustainable urban and regional development.
Our 2025–2029 Strategic Plan places sustainable development, environmental protection, resilient infrastructure, inclusive public services, and participatory governance at the centre of our approach. We aim to protect natural resources and biodiversity, reduce environmental pressures, increase the use of renewable energy, and strengthen Muğla’s capacity to respond to climate change and future urban challenges.
Climate action and the green transition are particularly important for Muğla. Our priorities include climate change adaptation, greenhouse gas emission reduction, energy efficiency, low-carbon urban mobility, zero-waste approaches, sustainable resource management, and climate-resilient practices. We are also interested in innovative and nature-based approaches that can improve environmental quality and the resilience of urban and rural areas.
Sustainable and accessible mobility is another important area of our work. Muğla Metropolitan Municipality works to improve transport services and infrastructure while increasing accessibility, safety, sustainability, and connectivity between urban and rural areas. Our broader infrastructure approach aims to create modern, safe, accessible and resilient urban environments while responding to the specific geographical characteristics of Muğla.
Innovation and digital transformation are increasingly important components of municipal service delivery. We are interested in data-driven approaches, smart-city applications, new technologies and collaborative solutions that can support evidence-based decision-making and improve the quality, accessibility and efficiency of public services. The Municipality also values participatory approaches and the involvement of citizens and local stakeholders in shaping the future of the city.
Muğla Metropolitan Municipality sees national and international cooperation as an important opportunity to exchange knowledge, learn from different urban contexts, test innovative approaches and develop transferable solutions to shared challenges.
Within European and international programmes, we are interested in collaborating with municipalities and other local authorities, universities, research and technology organisations, civil society organisations, innovation actors, SMEs and other relevant partners. We are particularly interested in partnerships related to climate adaptation and resilience, sustainable and accessible mobility, environmental protection, nature-based solutions, resilient public spaces, renewable energy and energy efficiency, digital transformation, smart-city solutions, disaster resilience, and sustainable urban and rural development.
As a municipality representing a territory where tourism, agriculture, natural ecosystems, coastal settlements and growing urban areas interact closely, Muğla can provide a valuable real-life environment for developing, testing and demonstrating innovative solutions.
We welcome opportunities to join international consortia, contribute our experience as a local authority and demonstration territory, exchange knowledge with other cities and research partners, and jointly develop solutions that contribute to more sustainable, climate-resilient, inclusive and liveable cities and communities.
