Picture of a flag with the logo of Greater Istanbul, or Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesi. Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality , or IBB for short , is the

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Picture of a flag with the logo of Greater Istanbul, or Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesi. Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality , or IBB for short , is the state institution responsible for municipal affairs of the province of Istanbul . It was established as a result of the abolition of the Specialization Ministry with the decision of the Sublime Porte in 1855, after the increase in relations with European countries after the Crimean War and the efforts of state institutions to be likened to western countries . The current mayor of the Metropolitan Municipality is Ekrem İmamoğlu , a member of the Republican People's Party

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