ISTANBUL
Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbas attended a panel discussion at the UN HQ in New York on Tuesday.
A statement by the municipality said on Wednesday that Topbas participated in a high-level panel of dignitaries regarding developments after 2015.
Speaking at the panel, Topbas stated that a bridge should be build between urban and rural areas of cities in order to reach Millennium Development Goals.
Topbas had also attended a high-level panel on the post-2015 global development agenda on Monday in New York.