REGULATION OF THE ASSOCIATION OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED IN EDUCATION NAME AND HEADQUARTERS OF THE ASSOCIATION Article 1: Name of the association is, “Association of Visually Impaired in Education”; abbreviation of the name is “EGED”, and headquarters is in Ankara. The logo of the association is composed of six white dots, two in the middle of which are smaller in size, painted on a blue background on one side; and on the right side, the abbreviation, EGED is written in black color, hooked font and capitals on a white background. The association may open domestic or foreign representative and branch offices in line with their purposes. PRINCIPLES OF THE ASSOCIATION Article 2: The association; 1) Follows the principles of the rights-based approach, transparency and participation, as they perform their work. 2) Rejects all kind of discrimination caused by race, ethnic background, language, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, social status, political view, etc. THE OBJECTIVES, FIELDS OF WORK, and WAY OF WORKING of the ASSOCIATION Article 3: The association aims to: 1) Carry out the work required to take every measure in order to provide equality of opportunity in education; and within this context, to develop solution proposals regarding the problems faced by visually impaired in education and to play an active role in implementing these solution proposals; 2) Carry out work that would provide that needs and expectations of all students and visually impaired in particular, are taken into account as public educational policies are determined; 3) Carry out activities promoting education of the visually impaired individuals; 4) Provide that visually impaired students and teachers, and non-disabled ones equally benefit from the new technologies developed for educational purposes; 5) Take steps in order to solve all kinds of occupational problems faced by visually impaired teachers; to raise awareness by bringing these problems to public notice; and to prevent them from being unjustly treated in various matters related to their professional field, because of their visual impairment; 6) Develop projects applicable to any matter thought to be essential in education about disability and of the impaired, to participate and club together in or promote projects of this purpose; 7) Fight against moral or material abuse of impairment; 8) Fight against any kind of discriminative practice that everyone and particularly impaired individuals may experience. Article 4: In order to achieve the objectives stated in Article 3 above, the association performs the following works: 1) Being involved in the decision making mechanisms regarding issues relevant to its areas of interest; taking administrative or legal steps at the institutions and organizations, particularly ending practices that may cause inequality of opportunities in education in order to make regulation changes essential to the solution of all problems faced by visually impaired individuals; having necessary talks with the authorities; seeking judicial remedy in cases of violation of educational, accessibility, economical, social, cultural and occupational rights; and developing a legal rights support unit in line with these purposes; 2) Developing solution proposals to the problems faced by visually impaired students with the notion that participation of the respondents is a must and essential, and also implementing or playing an active role in implementing these solution offers; stating a point of view about and contributing to the developed policies within their areas of interest; having a voice in the determination of the student activities of the association; preparing reports and notices on matters within their areas of interest, and presenting these reports and notices in required places; forming a student council in order to develop and improve the solidarity and unity among the visually impaired students; taking necessary measures in order to provide that the continuity of the council is ensured and the required working environment for this council is built up; and always promoting this council; 3) Making lesson materials accessible; offering opportunities such as assistant support to help students receive one-on-one studying in case of necessity, that would ease education life for the visually impaired students; 4) Carrying out the necessary work for providing all kinds of education, training and rehabilitation to visually impaired students at every age group and level starting from pre-school and for developing policies regarding this matter; 5) Promoting and providing that visually impaired children at school age are sent to schools; 6) Raise the awareness of and lead the parents of visually impaired children in order for them to provide education, personal development, and development of self-confidence and skills of their visually impaired children; 7) Putting effort for domestic production of tools and equipments to be used in the education of the visually impaired individuals, and importing them if not produced domestically; 8) Engaging in joint activities with administrative and academic units and student clubs of universities, particularly with offices for impaired students; 9) Providing support, giving loans or non-refundable grants, helping them benefit from existing scholarship or loan opportunities and providing financial or kind aid to visually impaired students in courses, primary and secondary education, two-year/bachelor’s/master’s/ doctoral degrees, and suchlike studies for them to carry out their studies and research in or out of the country; 10) Taking steps for all kinds of professional problems faced by visually impaired teachers to be solved and bringing these problems to public notice, with an approach arguing that visual impairment does not impede teaching profession; 11) Providing that visually impaired individuals are conscious of the rights they own and bringing them the knowledge to defend these rights; carrying activities such as online meetings, conferences, webinars, education, etc. in order to actualize the aforementioned; 12) Providing moral and material support as much as possible to the work of institutions and initiatives of similar purpose and carrying out joint activities with nongovernmental organizations, participating in youth activities and encouraging visually impaired individuals to join nongovernmental activities; 13) Carrying out international activities, arranging international activities provided that permissions from required authorities are taken and legal procedures are followed, participating in the arranged meetings, being member of foreign associations and organizations and carrying out project based joint activities or cooperating with these organizations, collaborating with international associations and organizations of similar purposes; 14) Creating working environment with individuals or organization that wish to support eliminating difficulties that visually impaired individuals face in their education lives; 15) In order to inform the public and to mould public opinion about all the problems visually impaired individuals might face and about the solutions to these problems, making effort, engaging in activity by means of all kinds of periodical or non-periodical publication, press and mass media and social media used in accordance with the regulations; besides these, giving statements regarding social events; building all kinds of written, published, visual, periodical or non-periodical press-publication and information centres in line with the objectives of the association and publishing books, magazines, journals, brochures and all kinds of educational, instructive, informative work about visually impaired people; opening or causing the opening of digital, voiced or embossed reading halls and libraries that visually impaired individuals could benefit from; increase opportunities of accessibility for the visually impaired to written, electronic, and digital (books, websites, TV channels, etc.) information from all subjects; making effort to remove the faced obstacles; reaching and making effort to contact existing visually impaired individuals by means of written, verbal or visual press and internet; 16) Carrying out work for visually impaired individuals to become educated and professional individuals; detecting and developing solution proposals regarding the obstacles on the way to employment and professional development of the visually impaired, relying on the belief that they have the potential to do all kinds of professions; collaborating with institutions and organizations such as Turkish Employment Agency, regional directorate of labor, employer organizations, Public Education Centre and etc. in order to provide employment to the visually impaired individuals; 17) Organizing actions and events such as marching, really, open and closed area meetings, symposiums, panel discussions, holding conferences, distributing notices or leaflets, hanging banners or placards in line with the purposes; 18) Fighting against moral or material abuse of the impaired by the state and society or vice versa and all kinds of discriminations; taking every step regarding the reasonable accommodation required by the social state and United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Disabled that would provide that impaired individuals enjoy equal rights and services with every other individual in the society; detecting and revealing the accessibility problems and the discriminative practices faced by the visually impaired individuals throughout their educational process, and developing solutions for these problems; 19) Making research by means of creating appropriate working environment for activities in line with the objectives of the association are actualized and developed, and doing scientific studies in the academic field about the education of the visually impaired individuals; asking experts in the field to do scientific, historical, social, cultural, economic studies, surveys, public opinion polls, copyrights and translations; participating in existing studies; building a database by gathering scientific work and publications about the related field together; supplying all kinds of technical tools and equipments, fixtures and stationary equipments; 20) Organizing educational workshops such as courses, seminars, symposiums, conferences and panel discussions and competitions, commemoration nights, and such events in line with the purposes in or out of the country; organizing dinner parties, thematic opinion meetings, concerts, balls, theatre plays, exhibitions, sports events, trips and such fun events that would develop confidence of the visually impaired people, enable their participation in social life in every field and provide continuity by means of developing personal relations among them; joining these organized events or providing that visually impaired people benefit from these events; 21) Advertising if required in order to promote the association and inform the public; and being sponsor to programs about visually impaired people; 22) Founding, operating and having institutions/organizations regarding education, instruction, rehabilitation, care and treatment services including all kinds of them lying under the scope of Law of Special Education Institutions (private Special Education Schools, Special Education and rehabilitation Centres, etc. ) or other relevant regulations, operated; 23) Establishing and operating aid funds, organizations with working capital, dormitories, boarding houses, locals, hostels, training centers, education and culture houses, libraries, child and youth clubs, and suchlike educational and social organizations, built-up areas for sports activities, camps, facilities and foundations; 24) Obtaining, buying or selling, renting or leasing, putting in pledge, lending or loaning estates and assets and receiving or giving donations from/to foreign or domestic individuals or organizations for the activities of the association; founding and operating, buying or becoming partner of economic, commercial and industrial businesses and organizing lottery, sweepstakes or other income-generating events in order to provide required incomes for the objectives in the regulation to be reached 25) Receiving financial aid from associations with similar purpose, labour and management unions and professional organizations and giving financial aid to aforementioned organizations; 26) Carrying out joint projects in common mission areas with public institutions and organizations in case deemed necessary in order to reach the objectives of the association, provided that there are no prejudices to the provisions of 5072 numbered Law Regarding Relationship between Association and Foundations and Public Institutions and Organizations; 27) Establishing foundations and unions or joining in an established union in case deemed necessary in order to reach the objectives of the association; leaving the committed union and being a member of another union or carrying out activities without formal membership by the authorization of Board of Directors received at the General Assembly; forming platforms or joining platforms in line with the objectives under condition that required permissions are taken; 28) Establishing and operating educational, medical, advisory, legal, social or suchlike units in order to provide all kinds of services in line with the objectives; and employing experts and staff, and utilizing technological advances required for these activities; 29) Carrying out benefit activities provided that required permissions are taken; 30) Carrying out other activities regarding the development of educational opportunities of visually impaired individuals; 31) Building a website that announces all events related to the association and having daily follow-up of the website; building or having new websites built in case deemed necessary according to the objectives of the association; 32) Spending at least 80% of the income in order to reach all of these objectives. THE SCOPE OF THE ASSOCIATION Article 5: The association operates in the fields of education of visually impaired individuals, rights of the disabled, fighting against discrimination, general education policies and work of the youth. THE WAY OF OPERATION OF THE ASSOCIATION Article 6: Just like they may carry out activities themselves, the association may also appoint its representative and branch offices; form committees, science and counseling assemblies. The association conducts its activities with its members and volunteers. MEMBERSHIP- CANCELLATION OR TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP Article 7: A) Every natural and legal person that owns legal capacity, adopts and agrees to work in line with the objectives and principles of the association, and complies with the conditions proposed by the regulations holds the right to become a member of the association. However, foreign natural persons have to own the right to live in Turkey as well, in order to become a member. Honorary membership does not require compliance with the conditions. B) The written membership application that is to be done to the Association Presidency by means of the membership form prepared by the association is responded within thirty days at maximum by the Board of the Directors either with admission or rejection and the applicant is notified of the result in written form. C) The member whose application is accepted is registered to the book kept for this purpose. D) When a branch of the association is opened, the records of members registered to the headquarters, are transferred to the branches. New membership applications are done to the branches. Admission or cancellation of membership operations are carried out by board of directors at the branches and the headquarters is notified within thirty days at maximum. E) In case the membership application is accepted, the applicant is liable to pay the entrance fee within the thirty days following the admission. Membership of the ones that do not fulfill this duty is cancelled automatically. F) Full members of the association are the ones whose memberships are accepted by the Board of Directors, upon their application. G) Persons that provided moral and material support or gained a reputable place by means of their work in the field of disability may be admitted as honorary members by the decision of the Board of Directors. Honorary members pay membership fees if they wish to. CANCELLING MEMBERSHIP Article 8: Every member may unsubscribe by means of written application. Persons who have unsubscribed may not claim any rights. When the persons who have unsubscribed become members again, they pay double the amount of their debts if they have any debts from their aged membership. TERMINATION OF ONE’S MEMBERSHIP Article 9: A) Membership of the members: that act in a way that abuses disability and by this means give misleading information to the public regarding the association, association members and association activities; whose work and actions do not comply with the regulation, purpose and principles of the association; that breaks the peace and organization within the association with their actions and discourse; that uses slanderous language and actions regarding other members and the association, is terminated by the decision of the Board of Directors. B) Membership of the members that do not pay the membership fee within a year after notices from the Boards of Directors have reached to him/her through registered letters or electronic mails, may be terminated by the decision of the Board of Directors. If the members in this situation wish to become members again, their aged debts are received double the amount. C) Membership of the members that do not follow the decisions made by bodies of the association is terminated by the decision of the Boards of Directors. D) Membership of the members who do not comply with the membership conditions anymore is terminated. E) Members whose membership is terminated cannot apply for membership within the two years after the decision is finalized. After this period is over, admission of the member may only be realized by means of the decision of Board of Directors of the Branch Office and the approval of the Executive Board of Directors. F) In case the association opens a branch, the membership admission and termination operations stated in the regulation are to be done by the board of directors of the branch offices. Members whose membership has been terminated by the Board of Directors of Branch Offices may file a written objection to the Executive Board of Directors. Executive Board of Directors evaluates the resolves the objection within two months and notifies the respondent in written form. Persons may raise an objection to the General Assembly after the decision of the Executive Board. The decision of the General Assembly is the final. G) The members that unsubscribed or whose membership was terminated are deleted from the member registry and they may not make any claims from the association. RIGHTS OF THE MEMBERS Article 10: No one can be forced to join the association and remain as a member of the association; every member has the right to resign. The right to resign is used by petition. Members have equal rights. Every member has one right to vote in General assembly. THE CONDITIONS THAT MEMBERSHIP ENDS AUTOMATICALLY Article 11: On conditions that the member dies, resigns, loses his contractual capacity, that legal barriers arise concerning his membership or the member loses provisions concerning his membership, the membership ends automatically. THE OBLIGATION TO THE REGULATION AND ITS DECISIONS Article 12: Full members constitute the General Assembly. They elect and are elected to the supervisory board and the board of directors of the association. Full and honorary members must obey the regulation and its decisions. Yearly contribution must be paid every year until the end of December. This contribution is paid in advance or in quarterly periods on March, June, September and December. THE ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS OF THE ASSOCIATION Article 13: The administrative units of the association are listed below: a) General Assembly b) General Board of Directors c) Supervisory Board THE DESCRIPTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TIME OF MEETING, INVITATION AND MEETING PROCEDURES Article 14: General Assembly, top unit of the association, is formed by members of the association. In the case of opening a branch office; if the number of the branches 3 or less, members are transplanted from headquarters and branch offices. If there are more than 3 branch offices, members are transplanted from headquarters. Times General Assembly gathers; 1) At standard times stated in this regulation, 2) In thirty days after the call is made by the decision of the General Board of Directors or General Supervisory Board, or signed appeals of one fifth of the members who has the right to attend the General Assembly. In the case of collective resignation of the General Assembly, the resigned Board of Directors is obligated to be in charge until the extraordinary general meeting, which will take place within one month. In cases that this is not possible, the Supervisory Board takes place of the resigned Board of Directors and executes the extraordinary general meeting within one month. The ordinary General Assembly meets in every three years in October. The day, time and the place of the meeting is decided by the Board of Directors. The General Assembly is called to the meeting by the Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors doesn’t call the General Assembly to the meeting; on appeal of one of the members, the civil court of peace in where the association is assign three members to call the General Assembly. Invitation Procedure* The Board of Directors prepares the list of members who has the right to attend the General Assembly by the regulation. These members are called to the meeting notified fifteen days in advance by means of newspaper, the web site of the association, mail or e-mail; stating the date, time, place and order. If the meeting can’t take place due to failure of constitution majority, the date, time and place of the second meeting will be stated. The time between these two meetings can’t be less than seven days and more than sixty days. If the meeting is postponed by any other reason, this will be announced to the members by the procedure with the reason stated. It is obligated to have the meeting within 6 months at the latest after the decision to postpone is made. The members are called to the second meeting again by the rules as stated in the first article. The general assembly meeting can’t be postponed more than once. Meeting Procedure* General Assembly meeting takes place with the participation of the majority of the members who has the right to attend or in case of change of regulation and liquidation of the association, two thirds of them, if the meeting is postponed because of absence of majority; this is not sought in the second meeting. The number of the members at the meeting can’t be less than double the amount of members in Board of Directors and Supervisory Board. The list of the members who has the right to attend the General Assembly is kept ready at the meeting place. The id’s of members who will attend the meeting is checked by members of the Board of Directors or attendants who are charged by them. The members attend the meeting by signing by their names on the list. The honorary members and the ones who are not a member can watch the meeting in a separate place. If the complement is provided, it is reported then the meeting is opened by the chair of Board of Directors or one of the members of it. In case of it being otherwise it is reported by Board of Directors. After the opening, a council committee is formed by electing a chairman to direct the meeting, enough vice chairman and clerks. In the elections about units of the association, it is obligated for the electorate members to Show their id’s to this committee and to sign by their names on the attendant list. The committee chairman is responsible for directing and securing the meeting. At general assembly meeting, every member has the right to vote once, and it has to be in person. Honorary members can attend these meetings but can’t vote. In case of a legal entity to be a member, their chairman of Board of Directors or someone the chairman will charge. Topics discussed at the meeting and the decisions are reported and signed by chairman of committee and the clerks. The report and other documents are given to the chairman of Board of Directors. Board of Directors is responsible to secure these documents and giving them to the new chairman within seven days. In case of a trustee assigned by the court or an assignment being made by the second article of the 75th article of Civil Law, the tasks in this article assigned to the Board of Directors are to be carried out by the trustee. DETERMINING THE AGENDA OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING AND PROCEDURE OF MEETING Article 15: At General Assembly meeting, only the articles in the agenda are debated. Nevertheless, it is obligatory to discuss the orders which are appealed in black and white by one-tenth of the members present at the meeting. Members who ask to speak at the meeting register their names on the sheet in the place of meeting. The order of the speakers is decided this way. It is necessary for the proposals to be in black and white for the order to be changed and the meeting to be taken into account. These proposals cannot be voted unless a pro-against speech is made and all the members who asked to speak have spoken. If two of these members are going to speak back to back on the same opinion, one of the other members who will speak about a contrary opinion is given permission to speak first. Spokesmen of the units and the ones asking permission to speak about the procedure are given priority as well. Chairmen of the committee can’t speak about their opinion during the speeches and voting of the order. General Assembly can limit the speech time if at least five members appeal in black and white. However, speech time cannot be less than five minutes. These limits are not applicable to spokesmen of the units and the proposers. ELECTIVE PROCEDURES OF THE UNITS Article 16: At General Assembly, procedure of electing members for Board of Directors and Supervisory Board is by secret ballot and open counting, if a decision is not made on the contrary. On elections for the units of the association; procedure is doing a block selection, if the total member number of the General Assembly doesn’t decide on the contrary. If the selected members have the same number of votes, the way to decide on a winner candidate is determined by the General Assembly. THE RIGHT TO NOMINATE THE CANDIDATES Article 17: For the elections to be democratic and competitive, the candidates should give their appeals with a short description of the said candidates to the destined Headquarters or the Branch Office at least seven (7) days before the date of the General Assembly (the first meeting date). This is later announced on the web sites of headquarters and the branch offices. This information could be send to the members by e-mail. Late announcement of lists of individual candidates does not prevent appealing as a candidate. VOTING PROCEDURE AND COUNTING OF VOTES Article 18: Voting procedure and the ballots are designated by the Board of Directors. The voting procedure is accessible by all members of the association and allows for an independent vote. The vote is carried out as ballots are put in envelopes and cast in creates. Every list has ballots that consist of different geometric shapes. The council decides which geometric shape to represent which list by coin toss and announces it. The counting of the votes is done either by the Council Board or a Sorting Committee appointed by the General Assembly. VOTING AND DECISION MAKING PROCEDURE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Article 19: Open voting is used except for the selection of association branches. In the open vote, the procedure designated by the head of the council is used. General assembly decisions are made when the majority is reached among attending members. It is so that regulation change and the decision of liquidation of the association can only be made with a two thirds majority of the attending members. DECISIONS MADE WITHOUT MEETING OR OPEN CALL Article 20: The decisions that are made with the attendance of all members by writing or the meeting of all members of the association without proper call procedure in the regulation. These decisions do not substitute as stated meeting. DUTIES AND AUTHORIZATIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Article 21: The below issues are discussed and decided upon in the General Assembly. 1) Appointment of association branches, 2) Changes to the Association regulation, 3) Oversight of the reports from board of directors and the supervisory board, and acquittal of the Board of Directors, 4) Discussion of the budget and three years’ work plan prepared by the association’s Board of Directors. 5) The revision of other branches of the association and if necessary, for those with good reason, expulsion from duty, 6) Revision of objections for rejection of admittance or expulsion decisions made by the Board of Directors, 7) Discussion or handing the Board of Directors authorization for the establishment or termination of circulating capital enterprises and provident funds, purchase and sale of immovable property for the association, renting, pledging and removal of the pledge, 8) Revision of the regulations regarding the association’s work by the Board of Directors and accepting fully or with changes, 9) Designation of salaries for the association’s chairman of the board, members of board of directors and supervisory board that are not public officials, designation of any kind of payment, expense and compensation and daily or travel expense payments for members that are working for association, 10) Decision for the association to affiliate with or exit a federation and authorization of the Board of Directors on this subject, if affiliated with a federation, designation of federation delegates, 11) Decision to found branch offices of the association and authorization of the Board of Directors on this matter, closing the current branch offices or expulsion of the branch office Board of Directors, 12) International operations of the association, affiliating with or exiting international associations. 13) The association founding a charitable foundation, 14) Liquidation of the association, 15) Revision of suggestions by majority of the Board of Directors or one tens of the association’s members, 16) As the most authorized branch of the association, oversight of work that has not been appointed to any branch and use of authorizations, 17) Decision of reception method for people or organizations’ obligations among stock certificate, treasury stock, holding, bank asset, deposit, mortgage and guarantee letter, and the authorization of the Board of Directors, 18) Establishment of investigative commissions if deemed necessary, 19) Other duties of the general assembly designated by the legislation. Formation, Duties and Authorization of the Board of Directors CONSTITUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ITS DUTIES AND AUTHORIZATIONS Article 22: Following 30 (thirty) days of the election by the General Assembly, the chairman of the board presents the ID numbers, names and surnames, fathers’ names, birth places and dates, occupations, and places of residence of the primary and substitute members of board of directors and supervisory board and other branches of the association to the highest administrative office of the location with a written document. Board of Directors consists of seven (7) primary and five (5) substitute members, elected by the general assembly for three (3) years. In the case of the death, resignation or expulsion of the Chairman of the Board, the Board of Directors appoints a Chairman of the Board from its members and this Chairman of the Board serves until the first general assembly. In the case of an opening in primary members, substitute members are appointed with respect to rank. After appointment of substitute members, if the members count of the Board of Directors falls below majority, the remaining members of the board of directors and supervisory board calls for an emergency meeting of the general assembly within a month. Board of Directors, following the week of its election, meets under the chairmanship of its eldest member and divides duties among themselves. In this meeting, Chairman of the Board, Secretary, Treasurer, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Social Relations and Organization, Secretary of Public Relations and Communication are designated. Board of Directors holds regular meetings every month. Chairman of the Board can call for a meeting anytime deemed necessary. Secretary represents the Chairman of the Board if the chairman is not present at the meeting. Board of Directors meets with the presence of one more than half the count of its members. Decisions are made with majority of the attending members. Members that oppose a decision can write a statement in the decision book. Board of Directors members that did not attend two consecutive or a total of three regular meetings without explanation can be expelled from membership of the Board by the decision of the Board of Directors. The situation of the members that did not perform or neglect their duties given by the Board of Directors for three regular meetings is discussed in the first regular Board of Directors meeting with the Board of Directors member in question. If deemed necessary, with the ¾ majority of the attending Board of Directors members, Board of Directors membership is terminated. A substitute member is called upon to replace the terminated membership according to the relevant article of the regulation. Order of business is prepared with the help of Chairman of the Board and other Board of Directors members, by the Secretary and announced to the members of the board with a written statement at least five days before the regular board meeting. Written statements are not mandatory for emergency meetings. Any subject that a present member of the board inquires to Board of Directors meeting must be discussed. Board of Directors, can form temporary or permanent activity branches and assisting boards to carry out the board’s activities from association members or non-members if deemed necessary. Boards are accountable to and under supervision of the Board of Directors in their work and decisions. Temporary or permanent paid employees can be used in the boards if necessary. LEGAL AUTHORIZATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Article 23: Board of Directors, is accountable to the general assembly. It represents the association for administrative and legal aspects in real and legal entities. Board of Directors can assign this duty to one of the Board of Directors members or a third party. It is mandatory for at least two of the Chairman of the Board, Secretary and the Treasure to sign off for the approval of commercial bills that are en-debting to the head office of the association or other en-debting documents or withdrawal from the bank accounts. Documents with only one signature are not binding to the Board of Directors. DUTIES AND AUTHORIZATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Article 24: Board of Directors executes the following: 1) Representation the association, giving authorization to one of its members or a third party, 2) Authorization of branch founders of the association, 3) Control the transactions of revenue and expense accounts and presenting the next term’s budget to the general assembly, 4) Preparation of regulations for the association’s operations and presentation of it to the general assembly for approval, landing contracts, 5) Purchase of goods, construction of buildings or facilities, lease agreements, mortgage or similar agreements for the benefit of the association with the authorization of the general assembly, authorization of designated person or people by the branch office for purchase or sale of goods for the general office, the notification of the land registry office within one month of registration of the goods to the property office, 6) Administration of branch office founding procedures with the authorization from the general assembly, 8) Representative office establishment in locations, including overseas, deemed necessary, 9) Execution of decisions made in the general assembly, 10) Preparation and presentation of the operating account table or balance sheet, revenue table and operations of the Board of Directors for the general assembly at the end of a work term, 11) Oversight of the execution of the budget, 12) Execution of transactions of the association and preparation and presentation to the general assembly of the budget for the succeeding term, carrying out exchanges between funds in the budget and clerks, 13) Decision on accepting or expelling members, 14) Decision an execution of any kind to carry out the purposes of the association, 15) Execution of other duties and use of authorization given by the legislation, 16) Decision to publish periodic or non-periodic publications, appointment of people responsible for any publications by the association and the editor, 17) Acceptance of any kind of aid or donation and making donations, 18) Appointment, operation or termination of paid or unpaid employees according to the association’s needs, 19) Granting awards for various purposes. 20) Presentation of main regulation changes to the general assembly, 21) Buying any kind of office stock necessary for the Association, 22) Setting up clubhouse or clubhouses with the approval of the proper authorities, 23) Keeping of the books mandatory by law and books that are for the benefit and activities of the association, 24) Organization of meetings such as balls, charity sales, tours for the benefit of the association, 25) Notification of head administrative chief of the location in the case of admittance of a member that is not a Turkish citizen within 10 days, 26) Conduction of meetings to inform members of the association’s work, if necessary conducting these meetings online, 27) Selecting representatives for fairs, meetings and similar organizations national and international, in correlation with the purpose of the association, 28) Designating entrance and annual fees. DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE GENERAL PRESIDENT Article 25: These are the duties and authorities of the General President: 1) The Presidency of the Board of Directors, 2) To invite the Board of Directors to a meeting if necessary, 3) To represent the Association against the private and legal entities and the public in the country and abroad, 4) To sign with financial secretary in financial statements and to sign with general secretary in administrative matters, 5) To plan, monitor, organize, coordinate the works, 6) If necessary, transferring some of the authorities to the members of the Board of Directors and Branch Officers, 7) To spend on a daily or monthly basis with the authority given to him by the amount determined by the Board of Directors, 8) To make correspondences on behalf of the association with private and official institutions, organizations or individuals in Turkey and abroad. DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE GENERAL SECRETARY Article 26: These are the duties and authorities of the General Secretary: 1) To represent the General President in absence of him/her, 2) To carry out all correspondence on behalf of the Association, 3) To organize the archive and files of the Association, 4) To organize the research and development activities of the Association, 5) To sign the administrative correspondence with the President, 6) To take the minutes of the meeting or to provide sign the decision book, 7) To carry out the personal affairs of the personnel and personnel employed by the association, 8) To spend on a daily or monthly basis with the authority given to him by the amount determined by the Board of Directors. DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY Article 27: These are the duties and authorities of the financial secretary: 1) To ensure the income of the association and to search the resources for it, to organize the researchers of the sources of income, 2) To make the necessary expenditures and present the information related to expenditures to the Board of Directors, 3) To keep the accounts of the association ready for both internal and external controlling always, 4) Keeping or to get someone to keep books and documents related to accounting in a timely manner, 5) To make the financial inspection of the branches, 6) To sign the financial correspondence with the President, 7) To prepare a financial report to be submitted to the General Assembly, 8) With the decision of the Board of Directors, to take saving papers such as stock certificate, bonds and treasury bills etc. 9) To make the purchase and sale and the annulment of the fixtures which are determined by the Board of Directors as necessary, 10) To provide necessary certificate of receipt for the association, to keep the documents related to income and expenses, 11) According to the decision of the General Assembly, to make proposals for decision making in the management board on transacting between expenditures and budget items 12) To inspect the collectors collecting on behalf of the Association and to give necessary information to the related board of directors, to determine the collectors to be appointed, to present them to the board of directors, to take authority over the relevant authorities in accordance with the decision of the board of directors, 13) To check the money to be kept in the cash for emergency expenses in accordance with the decision of the Board of Directors, 14) To withdraw one of the two signatures required for withdrawal from the bank, 15) Ensuring timely payment of tax and insurance premiums, 16) To cooperate with professions, chambers, and organizations related to the economic field on behalf of the Association, 17) To determine those who do not pay their dues within the period, 18) To carry out and check the financial transactions of the association's crate, workshop, sales place, local type establishment and business establishments, 19) To determine the financial rights of the Association's personnel and present them to the Board of Directors, DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING Article 28: These are the duties and authorities of the secretary of education and training: 1) To conduct all kinds of studies required by education and training policy that the association regards sight-disabled person, 2) To plan activities of association to be organized for the resolution of problems sight-disabled students and teachers encounter during their education life, 3) To follow the developments in education-training and to inform the members of the association by using all kinds of means including electronic mail and social media tools, 4) Ensuring that activities such as seminars, panels, symposiums, courses, etc. that will enable sight-disabled individuals to develop themselves in the areas they need are organized in accordance with the legislation, 5) To organize vocational and skill acquisition courses in cooperation with Labour Institution, Public Education Centres, universities and voluntary organizations for profession and skills of visually impaired individuals, 6) To coordinate the work of the education commission which will be formed in accordance with it and give information about these studies to the management board, 7) To provide the necessary tools and equipment needed for the education of the visually impaired individuals and to provide explanations such as opinions, suggestions and reports in order to enable the visually impaired individuals to use the new technologies developed in education actively, 8) To plan and conduct the distance education activities of the association, 9) To create a scholarship commission to make the visually impaired students benefit from scholarship opportunities. DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF SOCIAL WORK AND ORGANIZATION Article 29: These are the duties and authorities of the secretary of social work and organization: 1) To carry out the necessary procedures to open branches and representative offices, 2) To provide coordination between the head office and the branches, to control the branches in terms of their activities, to give information to the Board of Directors and prepare reports, 3) To plan and carry out the activities to be realized by communicating with the representatives opened by the association, 4) To open representative offices in universities in line with the aims of the association and to work together with the representatives opened to make the arrangements to be made at the universities suitable for the visually impaired individuals, to have joint activities with administrative, academic units and student clubs, 5) To carry out relations of association with similar-purpose civil society organizations, 6) To organize activities for the consolidation of unity and solidarity among the members of the Association, to ensure participation in the organized events, 7) To establish commissions related to its field and to ensure that these commissions carry out their activities by planning, 8) To establish a network of volunteers within the association and to work with other secretariats to ensure coordination of the voluntary work. DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS Article 30: These are the duties and authorities of the secretary of public relations and communication: 1) To establish continuous relations with the written and visual media in order to publicize the activities of the Association, to follow the news, comments, corner writings and other information in the press and broadcast organs related to the association, education and disability and to inform the members and the public constantly by using all kinds of media, 2) To establish commissions related to the publications of the Association and to coordinate the work of these commissions, 3) To arrange activities such as conferences, panels, press conferences, radio and television programs, writing desks, brochures and books in cooperation with the relevant secretariats and commissions to promote the Association’s aims and campaigns, 4) To carry out activities of the association related to the public relations, 5) To bring information technology to the service of the association, to use in the direction of the association's aims, to ensure the organization on the internet by means of electronic mail groups, social media and websites connected to the association and the coordination of the activities on internet, 6) To communicate with scientists, artists, writers, etc. who will take part in the organization, 7) To conduct activities of the association related to sponsorship, to make negotiations with the related persons, institutions and organizations on behalf of the association, 8) To investigate the opportunities for cooperation in association activities with official institutions and with non-governmental organizations in line with the resolutions of the Board of Directors, to negotiate with these institutions and organizations, to work in cooperation with the Organizing and Social Affairs Secretariat, DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF INTERNATIONAL WORKS Article 31: These are the duties and authorities of the secretary of international works: 1) To carry out international affairs of the association, to organize international meetings and to provide necessary coordination for participation in organized meetings, 2) To ensure project-based collaborations with all official institutions and non-governmental organizations, especially international disability and education organizations, to establish and develop relations, to make continuous and regular flow of mutual information, 3) To inform the members of the association by watching international developments related to disability and education, 4) To translate or to make translated the published works related to disability and education in line with the aims of the association, 5) To deal with guests from abroad, to ensure that they work in the appropriate conditions in our country, 6) 6) To provide international consultation services for visually impaired students who want to study abroad, 7) To present the association in international field, 8) To establish commissions related to the field and to ensure that these commissions carry out their activities by planning. AUDITING BOARD AND ASSOCIATION'S INTERNAL AUDIT Article 32: It consists of three (3) primary and three (3) alternate members to be elected by the General Assembly open or secret ballot for three years among the original members of the association. The accounts of the association are audited at least once a year by the audit committee and submitted to the General Assembly as a final report. These are the duties and authorities of the auditing board: 1) To check the compliance of the association's activities with the statutes, regulations and resolutions of the General Assembly and to control books and accounts, 2) To present the results of the three-year management and financial audit and results of the balance sheet, income and expense account to the General Assembly by a report, 3) To inform the General Board of Directors of the deficiencies identified in audits carried out within one year at the latest and the irregularities of the regulations or legislation with a report, 4) To call General Assembly to the extraordinary meeting when it is necessary, INTERNAL AUDIT OF THE ASSOCIATION Article 33: Internal audits may be made by the General Assembly, the Board of Directors or the audit committee, or by independent auditors. If it has been audited by the General Assembly, the Board of Directors or independent auditors, it shall not remove the obligation of the audit committee to audit at least once a year. The General Assembly or the Board of Directors may conduct audits in cases where deemed necessary or may be audited by the independent auditors. REPRESENTATION OF THE ASSOCIATION Article 34: The head office of the association is represented by the Head Office Board of Directors; Branches are represented by the Branch's Board of Directors. The general secretary and the financial secretary are responsible for headquarters or the branches’ contracts, the debtor transaction, the regulation of exchange bills, or withdrawals from accounts in banks according to above items if the chairman is not there. FINANCIAL PROVISIONS Article 35: A) INCOME: Association Income 1) Entrance fee: In the case of acceptance of membership application to the Association, it is the amount of contribution that the applicant must pay within 30 days. 2) Annual membership fee: The amount of the annual membership fee that the members are obliged to pay each year. The Board of Directors is authorized to determine the entrance fee and the annual membership fee. 3) Branch subsidy: 50% of the membership fees collected by the branches to cover the general expenses of the association are sent to the head office every six months. 4) Income from activities organized by the association such as tea and dinner meetings, excursions and entertainment, representation, concerts, sports competitions, conferences, courses and so on. 5) Income derived from the assets of the association, 6) The profits earned from the commercial activities undertaken to realize the purpose of the association and to provide the income needed, 7) Donations and grants that natural and legal persons have voluntarily, 8) Income from the association lottery, brochure, calendar, book, stamp and all kinds of publications, 9) Income from workshops and business lines opened or established by the Association, 10) Interest income, 11) Aid and shares received from the general budget, 12) Income derived from associations of similar purposes, trade unions and employers' associations and professional associations, 13) Other incomes. B) EXPENSES: 1) PERSONNEL EXPENSES: a) Fees, b) Domestic travel subsistence, c) Abroad travel subsistence, d) Social assistance, e) Premiums and bonuses, f) Collection fees, 2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES: a) Rent, b) Lighting, c) Fuel d) Cleaning, e) Stationery, f) Assets, g) Notary and court fees, h) Postal expenses, 3) MISCELLANEOUSEXPENSES: a) Federation shares, b) Representation and entertainment expenditures, c) Insurance, d) Taxes, fees, pictures, penalties, e) All kinds of aid expenses related to the purpose, f) Vehicle expenses, g) External relations expenses, h) Transportation costs, 4. OTHER EXPENSES a) The parent company shares, b) Representation and hospitality, c) Unanticipated expenses, The principles of documentation of all these expenses are subject to the procedure determined by the associations. C) DELIVERING BENEFITS Persons authorized to collect income on behalf of the Association shall submit the money they collect to the Financial Secretary within thirty days or deposit it in the bank account of the association. However, if the collection exceeds 1000 TL, the money that they collect without waiting for 30 (thirty) days shall be submitted to the Financial Secretary at the latest within two business days or deposited into the account of the bank. The amount of money that can be held in the association's premises is determined by the Board of Directors. BOOKKEEPING BASIS AND PROCEDURES OF THE ASSOCIATION AND BOOKS TO BE KEPT Article 36: The association keeps books on the basis of the operating account. However, if the annual gross income exceeds 5000 TL, the book is kept on the balance sheet basis starting from the following accounting period. In the event that the balance sheet is taken into consideration, if it is deducted below the above-mentioned limit in two accounting periods, it can be converted to the business account basis as of the following year. A book may be kept on the balance sheet basis with the decision of the board of directors without depending on the above-mentioned items. In the case of the opening of the business of the association, a book is kept for this business according to the provisions of the Tax Procedure Law. Registration Procedure The books and records of the association shall be kept in accordance with the procedure and procedure specified in the Regulations of Associations. Books to keep The following books are kept in the association. a) The books to be kept on the basis of the business account and the principles to be followed are as follows: 1) Decision Book: The resolutions of the Board of Directors are written in this book in the order of date and number and the members participating in the six meetings sign it. 2) Member Register: Members of the association's T.C. Identity numbers, identity information, residence, entry and exit dates are processed in this book. Entrance and annual contributions amounts paid by members can be processed in this book. 3) Document Register Book: Incoming and outgoing documents are recorded in this book with the date and the order number. The original copies of incoming documents and outgoing documents are filed. Incoming or outgoing e-mails are stored. 4) Asset Book: The date of acquisition of the fixtures belonging to the association and the way they are used or where they are used or deducted from the records are filled in this book. 5) Business Account Book: Income received on behalf of the Association and the expenses are clearly and regularly processed in this book. 6) Receipt Document Book: Serial number and the order number of the receipt documents, the names, surnames and signatures of the receivables and return dates of these documents are filled in this book. b) The books to be kept on the basis of the balance sheet and the principles to be followed are as follows: 1) The books registered in sub-clause 1, 2, 3 and 6 of A sub-paragraph are also kept in case of bookkeeping on balance sheet basis. 2) General Journal, Big Book and Inventory Book: These books are made in accordance with the principles of the taxation procedure and registration form of the General Communiqué on Accounting System Implementation published in the light of the authorization given to the Ministry of Finance by this Law. Certification of notebooks Before the obligatory books are used in the association, they are certified by the provincial association directors or the notary. The use of these books is continued until the pages are finished and the book is not checked interlude. However, books kept on the basis of the balance sheet and books with a form or continuous form leaf are obligatory to be re-certified every year in the last month before the year they are to be used. Income Statement and Balance Sheet Arrangement in the case of keeping records on the basis of a business account, "Business Accounts Table" will be prepared at the end of the year (31 December) (as specified in Annex 16 of the Association Regulations).If the book is kept on a balance sheet basis, the balance sheet and income statement will be prepared based on the General Communiqués of Accounting System Implementation published by the Ministry of Finance at the end of the year (31 December) THE PROCEDURE OF INCOME AND EXPENSE OF THE ASSOCIATION Article 37: The revenues of the association are called in with the certificate of receipt (whose sample is found in the Appendix 17 in the Regulation of Associations). Documents such as receipt or abstract account given by the bank are the same as certificate of receipt in case the revenues of the association are called in through the bank. On the other hand, the expenses of the association are made with the spending documents such as bill, retail sales slip and receipt of self-employment. However, for the expenses of the association, in the scope of 94th Article of Income Tax Law, according to the terms of Tax Procedural Law, the note of expenses and for the expenses not included in this scope, the expense voucher (whose sample is found in the Appendix 13 in the Regulation of Associations), are set. The consignments of free issue goods and services that will be made by the association to person, institution and organizations are made with the Certificate Notice of Aid In Kind (whose sample is found in the Appendix 14 in the Regulation of Associations). And, the consignments of free issue goods and services that will made by person, institution or organizations to the association are accepted with the Proof of Receipt of Donation In Kind (whose sample is found in the Appendix 15 in the Regulation of Associations). The Certificates of Receipt The “Certificates of Receipt” that will be used in the collection of revenues of the association (in the shape and dimension shown in the Appendix 17 in the Regulation of Associations) are printed by the decision of Board of Management. In issues related to printing and controlling certificates of receipt, taking them from the press, entering in the book, the handover between new and previous accountants and using of these certificates of receipt by person or persons that will call in the revenues with the certificate of receipt in the name of association and the submission of the revenues collected, the action will be taken according to the terms of the Revolution of Associations. The Certificate of Authority The person or persons that will collect the revenues in the name of association are determined by the decision of the Board of Management, with the provision of stating the duration of authority. The Certificate of Authority including the clear identity, signature and photographs of the person that will collect the revenues (whose sample is found in the Appendix 19 in the Regulation of Associations) is edited as three copies by the association and approved by Chairman of Executive Board. One copy of each certificate of authority is given to units of the associations. The changes about certificate of authority are reported to the unit of associations by Chairman of the Executive Board within fifteen days. The person or persons that will collect the revenues in the name of association can start to get the income only after one copy of the certificates of authority set on their names is given to the unit of associations. In using, renewal and return of the certificate of authority and such issues, the action is taken according to the terms of the Regulation of Associations. The Duration of keeping the Income and Expense Documents Excluding the books, the certificates of receipt, used by the association, vouchers, and other documents, to remain hidden for the duration stated in private laws, are kept hidden for 5 years according to the order of number and date in the book where they are recorded. SUBMISSION OF THE DECLARATION Article 38: After Declaration of the Association relating to activities of the association, of the previous year, and, since it is the year-end, results of the procedure of the income and expense (submitted in the Appendix 12 in the Regulation of Associations) is approved by Executive Board, it is given to the local authority by Chairman of the Association within the first four months of each calendar year. OBLIGATION OF NOTIFICATION Article 39: Result Notification of the General Assembly: Within thirty days following stated or extraordinary General Meetings, Result Notification of General Assembly (submitted in the Appendix 3 in the Regulation of Associations) and its enclosure, including original and associate members elected for corporate, supervisory boards and other agencies is reported to the local authority by Chairman of the Executive Board. The sample of meeting record of General Meeting, signed by President of Council and vice-presidents and clerk, and if any change is made in the Regulation, former and new wordings of the Regulation, all pages of the new Regulation and a sample of it, signed by Executive Board, are added to Result Notification of General Assembly. Notification of Immovable: Within thirty days as of their registration in the land registry, the immovable that association has, are reported to the local authority, with the provision of filling 'Notification of the Immovable' (submitted in the Appendix 26 in the Regulation of Associations). Notification of Getting Help from Abroad: If the association is to get any help from abroad, a report is made to the local authority, filling 'Notification of Getting Help from Abroad' as two copies (stated in the Appendix 4 in the Regulation of Associations). The sample of decision of General Assembly, taken for the issue of getting help from abroad, and if available, protocol, agreement and such documents or receipt, extra and a sample of a similar document, relating to the account that help is made to, are added to Notification Form. Financial aid has to be given through banks and it is compulsory that the term of the notification is performed before using it. Notification About Common Projects Carried Out Together With State Institutions and Organizations: The protocol made about common projects, the association carry out with state institutions and organizations in the issues relating to the association's activity field, and the sample of the project, being added to Notification of Project (shown in the Appendix 23 in the Regulation of Associations), is given to the governorship of the place where the association's center is located, within a month following the protocol date. Notification of Changes: The change that happens in the settlement of the association and changes that happen in the association agencies, except the meeting of General Assembly, with the provision of filling Notification of Change of settlement (stated in the Appendix 24 in the Regulation of Associations) and Notification of Change in Association Agencies relatively (stated in the Appendix 25 in the Regulation of Associations), are reported to the local authority, within thirty days following the change. And, the changes made in the regulation of the association are reported to the local authority in the appendix of Result Notification of General Assembly, within thirty days following the meeting of General Assembly. BORROWING PROCEDURE OF THE ASSOCIATION Article 40: The association can go into debt by decision of Executive Board in case there is a need to fulfill its aims and to carry out its activities. This debt can be not only in issues of buying goods on credit and service but also in cash. However, this debt cannot be in the amount that the association cannot absorb or in the quality that will put the association in financial difficulty. BRANCHES Article 41: Branches are the internal organization of the association, which cannot have a legal identity and which is in charge and authorized to engage in an autonomous activity, in accordance with the association's aims and service issues. OPENING A BRANCH Article 42: a. Executive Board can open a representative agency within the country and abroad to spread and improve its aim by decision of General Committee when it finds necessary. They give two pieces of Notification of Establishment, signed by at least three persons that executive boards given authorization by their executive boards, two pieces of the association regulation, approved by directorship of associations, copies of the birth certificate of the founders, the list that indicates the name, surname, settlements and signatures of the person or persons authorized to exchange correspondence with temporary members of Executive Board and to take the declaration, the copy of the decision of General Assembly showing the authorization given to Executive Board to open a representative agency, the copy of the decision of Association Executive Board, made for persons authorized as founders. b. Branches of the association can be closed any time by decision of General Assembly. Also, the branch can be dissolved as a result of the decision 'dissolving itself' that General Assembly make. After closing procedure, necessary procedures of liquidation and notification are performed within the frame of related articles of the regulation and terms of Associations Law. Reopening of the branch closed is in the responsibility of Executive Board in accordance with authorization General Assembly give. Apart from the aims stated in the association's regulation, administrators of the branch that perform activities against the laws and in fame the association can be taken from the duty by decision of Executive Board. The appointment of temporary Executive Board is made to the branches whose administrators are dismissed that way to call the Branch General Assembly to the meeting within 3 (three) months. Within 3 (three) months following the appointment, it is compulsory to hold the meeting and to make up the necessary agencies of the branch. c. To appoint founder committees, d. General Head Office Executive Board is fully entitled to unseat some or all of the members of founder committee or branch managing board, if necessary, to stop the branches' activities temporarily, to close permanently with the authorization taken from General Assembly. e. The agencies of the branch are General Assembly, Executive Board and Supervisory Board. General Assembly is consisted of registered members of the branch. These agencies' duties and authorizations and other terms about association in this regulation are applied in the Branch within the scope proposed by the regulations. The blanks relating to rules of procedures, duties and authorizations of General Head Office are filled with the terms considering General Head Office Executive Board. Branch Managing Board performs the applications made for membership according to the method of membership admission of General Head Office. Persons admitted to membership have to be reported by decision of Executive Board to General Head Office Executive Board with their certificates of membership enrollment within 30 days. Within 6 (six) months after the branch is established and start to make registration of member, the first stated meeting of General Assembly is held according to the terms of the regulation. f. The members of the association are considered as the member of General Head Office in cities where there isn't a branch or whose branch is closed. g. Branches make their General Meetings once every three years, at least two months earlier than General Head Office General Meeting. Branches have to report the place, day, time and agenda of their General Meetings to General Head Office, thirty days earlier. Otherwise, their general meetings will be counted as invalid. Branches have to report one sample of the result notification of General Meeting to the local authority and general head office of the association, within thirty days following the date when the meeting is made. h. Branches elect five (5) original, five (5) associate members of Executive Board and three (3) original and three (3) associate members of supervisory board for 3 years in their General Meetings. The method determined for General Head Office is used in the election of these agencies. ı. The way of gathering for Executive Board members elected in General Meeting of branches is contingent upon rudiments of General Head Office Executive Board. They report all the results of the notifications of General Meeting in written to general head office within 30 days. j. Branches are represented by elective and at-large delegates in general head office General Meeting. Heads of the branches' directory and supervisory boards and delegates that will be elected as one (1) for every twenty (20) members registered in the branch and if the number of members left is over 10 or the total number of members is less than 20, as one for these members, have the right to attend the General Assembly to represent the branch as at-large delegates and elective delegates relatively. Delegates elected in the last branch General Meeting enroll at General Head Office General Meeting. The members of General Head Office directory and supervisory boards enroll at general head office General Assembly, however, they cannot vote as long as they aren't elected in the name of the branch. Those assigned in directory or supervisory boards of the branch leave their places in the branch when they are elected in general head office directory or supervisory boards. OPENING A REPRESENTATIVE AGENCY Article 43: The association can open a representative agency to carry out the association's activities, by decision of the Executive Board, when it finds necessary. The address of the representative agency is reported in written to the local authority of that location, by the person or persons assigned as representative by the Executive Board. The representative agency is not represented in the General Assembly of the Association. Branches cannot open representative agency. The representative's duties and regulations are determined with the internal regulations, prepared by the Executive Board and approved by the General Assembly. HOW THE REGULATION WILL BE CHANGED Article 44: The change of the regulation is made by decision of the General Assembly. It should be in total 2/3 of the members that has the right to attend the General Assembly and to vote, to make a change in the regulation in General Assembly. If the meeting is delayed as there isn't a majority, the majority isn't looked for in the second meeting. However, the number of members attending this meeting cannot be less than double the amount of the exact number of the original members of the directory and supervisory boards. The majority of the decision for the regulation’s change is 2/3 of the votes of the members attending the meeting and is of the right to vote. The voting of the regulation's change is made openly in the General Assembly. RESCISSION OF THE ASSOCIATION AND WAY OF LIQUIDATION OF ASSETS Article 45: General Assembly can always decide on the rescission of the association. To be able to negotiate the issue of rescission in the General Assembly, it should be 2/3 of the members that have the right to attend the General Assembly and to vote. If the meeting is delayed as there isn't a majority, the majority isn't looked for in the second meeting. However, the number of members attending this meeting cannot be less than double the amount of the exact number of the original members of the directory and supervisory boards. The majority to make decision of the rescission is 2/3 of the votes of the members attending the meeting and is of the right to vote. The voting of the decision of the rescission is made openly in the General Assembly. Liquidation Procedures When the decision of rescission is made by General Assembly, the liquidation of the association's money, assets and rights is made by Liquidation Board, consisted of last members of Executive Board. This procedure starts after the date when the decision of rescission of General Assembly is made or its condition to end naturally is certain. During the liquidation, in all procedures, the statement 'in liquidation' is used at the beginning of the association's name. Liquidation Board is in charge and authorized to complete the procedure of liquidation of the association's money, asset and rights from beginning to end, accordingly to the regulations. This committee firstly checks the association's accounts. During the examination, assets and responsibilities are connected to a record, determining the books, certificates of receipt, vouchers, land registers, bank records and other documents, belonging to the association. During the liquidation process, a calling is made to association's creditors, and if available, their assets are cashed and paid to them. In case that association itself is the creditor, the creditors are made to pay. All the money left after collecting from creditors and paying the debts, assets and rights are turned over to the place decided in General Assembly. If the place to turn over isn't decided in General Assembly, they are turned over to the association that is the closest to the aim of the city where the association is located and that has the highest number of the members when it is dissolved. All procedures relating to liquidation are shown in the record of liquidation and procedures of liquidation are completed within three months excluding the extra time given by local authority, being based on a good cause. Following the process of liquidation and transition of the association's money, assets and rights, it is compulsory that the condition will be reported with an article by Liquidation Board to the local authority of the place where the association's center is, within seven days and the liquidation record will be added to this article. Last members of General Assembly are assigned to keep association's books and documents in the capacity of Liquidation Board. This duty can also be given to a member of General Assembly. Preservation period for these books and documents is five years. LACK OF PROVISION Article 46: The provisions regarding associations of the Associations Law, Turkish Civil Code and the Regulation of Associations, passed considering these laws, and other related regulations are applied in the issues not stated in this regulation. Provisional Article 1) Temporary Members of the Board of Directors that will represent the association and carry on the businesses until the association's agencies are made up in the first General Assembly, are stated below. A) Temporary Members of the Board of Directors: Name and Surname Job Title Signature 1) Emre TAŞGIN Chairman 2) Bayram Şahin AYDIN General Secretary 3) Kübra EREN Financial Secretary 4) Gökhan ÇAPANOĞLU Secretary of Education and Training 5) Turgay GÜMÜŞ Secretary of Organization and Social Works 6) Şebnem AYNA Secretary of Public Relations and Communication 7) Muharrem OCAL Secretary of International Works B) Founder Members: Name and Surname Job Title Signature 1) Ali ALPASLAN Founder Member 2) Alican Çağrı GÖKÇEK Founder Member 3) Alper AYANLAR Founder Member 4) Ayşegül DERİN Founder Member 5) Bahar YAVUZ Founder Member 6) Bayram Şahin AYDIN Founder Member 7) Emre TAŞGIN Founder Member 8) Fatma GEZER Founder Member 9) Gökhan ÇAPANOĞLU Founder Member 10) İsmail ÇEVİKBAŞ Founder Member 11) Kübra EREN Founder Member 12) Mehmet Hanifi ÇİFTÇİ Founder Member 13) Mehmet KAHRAMANOĞULLARI Founder Member 14) Muharrem OCAL Founder Member 15) Mustafa KARACA Founder Member 16) Müslüm DOĞMUŞ Founder Member 17) Orhan YALÇIN Founder Member 18) Pınar ÇALIŞKAN Founder Member 19) Pınar GÖCEN Founder Member 20) Recep GÜR Founder Member 21) Selman DEVECİOĞLU Founder Member 22) Şebnem AYNA Founder Member 23) Turgay GÜMÜŞ Founder Member 24) Ümit Erdem YİĞİTOĞLU Founder Member This regulation is consisted of 46 (forty six) articles and 1 (one) provisional article.
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