Turkey
TÜRKKENT
The Central Union of Turkish Urban Cooperatives
Türkkent is the Central Union of Turkish Urban Cooperatives that was founded in 1988 by 14 housing co-operatives unions in Ankara, Capital of Turkey.
Türkkent has pioneered the establishment of the National Cooperative Union of Turkey and also member of Co-operative Housing International. Members of Türkkent are unions of housing construction co-operatives from different geographic regions of Turkey. 49 housing unions became member of Türkkent since its foundation with more than 250.000 individual members which means new settlements for more than 1 million population have been built under umbrella of Türkkent.