“Smart Cities - Cloud Urban Information System” informatory meeting was held by Directorate General of Geographical Information Systems with the participation of Minister of Environment and Urbanisation Mr. İdris GÜLLÜCE, in Ankara, on 28.04.2015. Provincial and District Municipalities’ Mayors, Head of Institutions and Organizations, , General Secretary of Metropolitan City, General Secretaries of Special Provincial Directorate of Administration and many guests attended the organization.
Meeting began with the presentation of the Head of Planning and Coordination Department Mr. Süleyman Salih BİRHAN after the screening of the introduction film.
Mayor of Talas Municipality Dr. Mustafa PALANCIOĞLU, Mayor of Ümraniye Municipality Mr. Hasan CAN, Mayor of Ardahan Municipality Mr. Faruk KÖKSOY, Mayor of Kırşehir Municipality Mr. Yaşar BAHÇECİ, Mayor of Elazığ Municipality Mr. Mücahit YANILMAZ, Mayor of Çubuk Municipality Dr. Tuncay ACEHAN and General Secretary of The Union of Municipalities of Turkey Mr. Hayrettin GÜNGÖR also expressed their views.
In the meeting, after the speech of Director General of Geographical Information Systems Dr. Bekir TÜZEL, emphasising the essentiality of Project; a live conference has been realized with Elazığ Governorship in order to make a live demonstration of the application of data collection from the field by Dr. Bekir TÜZEL and Minister of Environment and Urbanisation Mr. İdris GÜLLÜCE.
Minister of Environment and Urbanisation Mr. İdris GÜLLÜCE, made the closing speech of the meeting, emphasized the establishment of “Smart Cities - Cloud Urban Information System” and stated that our goal is to ensure use of information technology in even the smallest municipalities.