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MESOPOTAMIA FOUNDATION OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE, ART, HEALTH AND CULTURE (MESOPOTAMIA FOUNDATION)
FOUNDATION DEED
(CHARTER)
ARTICLE 1 – TITLE:
The title of the Foundation is “Mesopotamia Foundation of Education, Science, Art, Health and Culture”. The Foundation shall also be called with a short title of “Mesopotamia Foundation”. The Foundation shall also have the right and authority to conduct any form of legal action under its short title of “Mesopotamia Foundation”.
ARTICLE 2 – SEAT:
The seat of the Foundation shall be at Diyarbakır. The Foundation shall conduct its activities at the address Mimar Sinan Cad. Aslan Apt. A Blok Kat: 4 No: 11 Yenişehir/DİYARBAKIR.
The foundation may change its seat and address, open branches and representations inside and outside the country upon fulfilment of legal requirements.
ARTICLE 3 – PURPOSE:
The purpose of the Foundation shall consist of the following:
a) Contribute to the education of our young people who are enthusiastic to develop themselves and display their abilities in all fields of education, science, art, health and culture as enlightened individuals who have a liberal, modern and innovative understanding of science and art, and abilities of inquiry and research; who can think universally; who embrace as principle the multi-lingual and multi-cultural fabric of our geography as well as freedom of though and expression; who refuse all forms of discrimination including mainly discrimination on grounds of ethnicity, language, religion, sex and culture; and who rely on scientific knowledge;
b) Conduct research and studies to measure social impact of economic and social policies and all other policies and practices; guide and encourage talents, particularly young brains, who can generate solutions to adverse results relating to public health, peace and prosperity;
c) Provide means and grounds to educate our young people, through education and training using advanced systems, educational materials and information technologies, as individuals who can think critically, generate knowledge and solutions on the basis of free thought, have entrepreneur character and pursue human happiness.
ARTICLE 4 – ACTIVITIES ALLOWED FOR ITS PURPOSE:
In order to achieve its purpose as indicated in Article 3, the Foundation:
a) Shall establish institutions that will contribute to attaining ideal quality and efficiency in education and training services that address or operate in fields of education, science, art, health and culture; conduct research and studies, establish projects and projects or cause expert persons and organizations to do so. It shall also organize national and international symposiums, panels, seminars and similar meetings in such fields, and participate in those organized by others. It may publish research and studies, all scientific works presented in national and international symposiums, panels, seminars which fall within the purpose of the Foundation as a book or in periodical or non-periodical publications such as journals, bulletins released by the Foundation. It may give awards to works which are decided or found worthy of publishing; it shall also encourage others to conduct such type of scientific research and studies;
b) Shall establish and operate pre-schools, primary schools, secondary schools and occupational schools of secondary level and similar educational institutions providing education and training at all levels; open and operate language and occupational educational institutions and courses in all fields to give professional skills to young people and enable them to get into the life quickly as equipped subprofessionals; open and operate culture centres to develop students in social, cultural and art spheres, and may join with those already established;
c) May, alone or through cooperation and forming partnership with other foundations, establish universities and institutions of higher education providing education and training at all levels and in all fields;
d) May establish occupational colleges in the capacity of institutions of higher education in order to educate high quality subprofessional manpower for certain occupations as needed by not-for-profit economy, without affiliation with any university or institute of high technology;
e) May open and operate dormitories, hostels, student houses or similar institutions and organizations to provide for the accommodation needs of students; or make cash aid and support to those who are accommodated in similar facilities of other organizations;
f) Shall conduct and/or may cause to conduct scientific research on economics, politics, law and social policies;
g) May support, in various forms, students who have talent and are in need of financial aid to continue their education; give scholarships, adwars, incentives and similar cash aid, aid in kind and support to those individuals who are pursuing undergraduate, graduate or doctoral degrees inside and outside the country and those who have outstanding achievements in science, art and similar fields at international or national level;
h) May conduct research and studies inside and outside the country where it deems necessary to advance the level of the country in science, technology, education, culture, law, economy and health; and form cooperation, conduct joint studies and establish institutions in such relevant fields;
i) May establish institutes, conservatories, support-preparatory schools or units and application and research centres in fields of culture and art; shall open and operate museums, libraries, archives, documentation, infobank centres, and may join with those already established; may form consultative and research committees and commission units; shall publish or may cause to publish all forms of printed and visual publications suchas journals, bulletins, CDs, DVDs, films, newspapers, books; The Board of Directors of the Foundation may give priority to any or several of the activities listed above for its purpose according to the circumstances of the day, and financial resources of the Foundation’s legal personality.
ARTICLE 5 – ACTS AND ACTIONS AUTHORISED FOR ITS PURPOSE:
The Foundation shall, in order to achieve its purpose, be permitted and authorized to own and use movable and immovable property through donation, wills, purchase and lease; sell, transfer and cede its property under the legal provisions on foundations; receive and spend revenues thereof; use one or more immovable property or revenues thereof in one or more investments; manage and dispose of movable and immovable property acquired through donation, will, purchase and other means provided that they not be contrary to the purpose and services of the Foundation; acquire securities and use and sell them for the purpose of the Foundation; cooperate with foundations, natural and legal persons inside and outside the country which/who do work similar to the purpose of the Foundation; receive aid from those other than public institutions and organizations; conclude agreements to receive such aid; accept the real rights other than ownership such as easement, usufruct, residence, construction, lien and mortgage on immovable property; exercise such rights; receive all forms of collateral including lien and mortgage on movable and immovable property for present or future revenues and agreements to conclude; accept valid bank guarantees; borrow values and give guarantees, liens, mortgages and other collateral in order to achieve the purpose and services of the Foundation; obtain revenues from projects and all works carried out and to be carried out in accordance with the purpose and services of the Foundation; establish economic enterprises and companies which will work under usual operation principles in order to provide revenues to the Foundation, participate in those already established, operate them directly or have an operator to operate them under its supervision; conclude contracts of venture, disposal, acquisition of assets, construction and similar which are deemed useful and necessary to achieve the purpose and one or several of services of the Foundation as indicated in Article 48 of the Turkish Civil Code. Founders may not in any manner benefit from the revenues of the Foundation. The revenues of the Foundation may not be used for purposes prohibited under the Law No. 4721.
The Foundation shall devote at least 10% of the capacity in the educational facilities established and operated by the Foundation to students who have talent but lack financial means; and at least 10% of the capacity of services and beds in the health facilities to those patients who lack financial means. The Foundation may cooperate, exchange all forms of mutual aid such as mutual monetary aid, equipment and materials, staff, information support and supply with other local and foreign institutions on matters compatible with the purpose of the Foundation provided that legal requirements be met.
ARTICLE 6 – ASSETS AT FOUNDING:
The assets at founding of the Foundation is 300.000,00 TL devoted by founders to the Foundation.
ARTICLE 7 – BODIES:
The following shall be the bodies of the Foundation: a) Assembly of Founders; b) Board of Trustees; c) Board of Directors; d) Audit Board.
ARTICLE 8 – ASSEMBLY OF FOUNDERS:
A- Composition of the Assembly of Founders, End of Membership, Filling Vacant Seats:
a) Composition of the Assembly of Founders and End of Membership:
The Assembly of Founders shall be composed of the founders of the Foundation, members of the Assembly of Founders listed in Article 21 of the Foundation Deed, and persons elected/admitted to membership in the Assembly of Founders after the founding of the Foundation. The number of members in the Assembly of Founders may not be less than 100 or more than 300.
b) End of Membership of the Assembly of Founders and Filling Vacant Seats: Membership in the Assembly of Founders shall come to end due to death, loss of capacity of discretion for medical reasons or through court decision, or resignation. Where the Assembly of Founders goes below 100 persons for any reason, it shall be mandatory to make up the number of members to 100. However, the Assembly of Founders shall have the right to raise the number of members to 300 if it so wishes. Vacant seats shall be filled by persons nominated for membership by 2/3 affirmative vote of the Board of Trustees and approval by the Assembly of Founders.
c) Changing the Number of Members in the Assembly of Founders: The Assembly of Founders may increase its number of members up to 300 or reduce. The change of the number of members shall be possible by a proposal with 2/3 affirmative vote of the Board of Trustees and approval by the Assembly of Founders.
B- Meeting Procedure and of the Assembly of Founders:
a) Meeting Procedure and Time of the Assembly of Founders:
- The Assembly of Founders shall convene for its ordinary meeting every three (3) years upon a call from the President of the Board of Trustees based on a resolution of the Board of Trustees. Ordinary meetings may be held three months earlier or later in reference to the date of the first meeting date. The Assembly of Founders may also convene for extraordinary meeting. An extraordinary meeting shall convene upon a direct call from the President of the Board of Trustees where the Board of Trustees resolves by 2/3 affirmative votes or at least 2/3 of the existing members of the Assembly of Founders file a written request for extraordinary meeting to the President of the Board of Trustees. - In ordinary and extraordinary meetings of the Assembly of Founders no issue may be deliberated other than election of members to the Board of Trustees, changing the number of members in the Assembly of Founders and admission to membership in the Assembly of Founders for which the Assembly of Founders is authorized.
- A letter to be prepared by the President of the Board of Trustees indicating the meeting agenda, venue, date and time and the venue, date and time of the second meeting at least 7 days later if the first meeting fails to have the quorum for meeting shall be delivered in person against signature, electronic mail, SMS or registered mail at least one week in advance of the meeting date to the members. Any notice through any of the aforementioned communication means shall have the force of legal notification. - The quorum for meeting for the first meeting of the Assembly of Founders shall be the simple majority of the number of its actually existing members; and the quorum for decision the simple majority of those present at the meeting. Where a simple majority of the Assembly of Founders is not obtained in the first meeting, the second meeting shall be held by 1/3 of the members in person or by representation; and decisions be taken by the simple majority of those present at the meeting. In case of equality of votes, the Chairman of the Chair Committee shall have the casting vote. The method of voting shall be voting by raising hands unless otherwise agreed; however, secret ballots may be used if decided in advance.
- The list of presence that contains full names of members that are present in the meetings of the Assembly of Founders shall be signed by the participants and kept in the file.
- In meetings of the Assembly of Founders, a member may serve as proxy voter for only one other member.
- The meetings of the Assembly of Founders shall be administered by a chair committee composed of a chairman, a deputy chairman and two members formed by members of the Assembly.
- The deliberations and resolutions of the meetings of the Assembly of Founders shall be entered in a meeting record signed by the Chair Committee. Resolutions included in the record shall be written in the Resolutions Ledger of the Board of Trustees and signed by the Chair Committee at the end of the meeting. Meeting records shall be kept in a file.
b) Powers of the Assembly of Founders:
- Elect members to the Board of Trustees;
- Change the number of the members of the Assembly of Founders;
- Approve nominations for membership to the Assembly of Founders.
ARTICLE 9 – BOARD OF TRUSTEES:
A- Composition of the Board of Trustees, Chair Committee, and End of Membership:
a) The Board of Trustees shall be composed of 25 persons elected by the Assembly of Founders from among its members. After the first formation of the Board of Trustees, 1/5 of members of the Board of Trustees shall be renewed every three (3) years by the preference and election of the Assembly of Founders. Those elected to the membership in the Board of Trustees shall submit, before appointment as a member, a petition indicating that they will leave membership upon the request of the Assembly of Founders. The 1/5 of members of the Board of Trustees to be renewed shall be identified in priority on the basis of voluntariness. In addition, membership in the Board of Trustees shall also come to end due to loss of capacity of discretion for medical reasons or through court decision, or resignation. Where the number of members of the Board of Trustees to leave does not reach 1/5 of the membership due to no volunteers coming forward, or loss of capacity of discretion for medical reasons or through court decision, or resignation; the adequate number of members shall be identified by 2/3 affirmative vote (17 members’ votes) of the Board of Trustees. If the latter method also fails to procure a decision, a secret ballot voting shall be held to identify the adequate number of leavers starting from the one with most votes.
b) At the first meeting of the Board of Trustees a President, a Vice-President and a Secretary of the Board of Trustees shall be elected from among members for a term of three years to form the chair committee. The Chair Committee elections shall be renewed every three years. Expiring members may be re-elected.
c) Membership in the Board of Trustees shall come to end due to death, resignation, loss of capacity of discretion for medical reasons or through court decision, or 1/5 members renewal upon the expiry of term. Further, those members who have not attended, without valid excuse, three consecutive meetings of the Board of Trustees shall be deemed to have resigned, and their membership shall come to end automatically without any formalities or warning. Expiring members may be re-elected. The election of members shall not be mandatory until the number of members of the Board of Trustees falls to 15. However, the meetings of the Board of Trustees may not be held with less than 10 members present. Where the number of members, the Assembly of Founders shall fill the vacant seats.
B- Meeting Procedure of the Board of Trustees:
a) Ordinary meetings of the Board of Trustees shall convene upon the call of the President of the Board of Trustees at the time and with the agenda as specified by the Board of Directors.
b) The meetings of the Board of Trustees shall be administered by the Chair Committee chaired by the President of the Board of Trustees, in his absence by the Vice-President where a secretary shall be elected from among the members to make up the Chair Committee as three persons.
ARTICLE 10 – MEETING TIME AND QUORUM FOR DECISION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES:
The Board of Trustees shall convene for ordinary and extraordinary meetings. Its ordinary meetings shall convene, upon a call from the President of the Board of Trustees, twice (2) a year; the first of such meetings being held at the start of the operating year, that is at a date from January to the end of April, and the second at a date from October to the end of December to deliberate and decide on the Foundation’s Budget for the upcoming period and other agenda items as specified by the Board of Directors. The Board of Trustees may also convene for an extraordinary meeting upon a direct call from the Chair Committee or the Board of Directors or the reasoned call to meeting record by the Audit Board, or written application by at least 1/3 of the members of the Board of Trustees to the President.
A letter indicating the meeting agenda, venue, date and time and the venue, date and time of the second meeting at least 7 days later if the first meeting fails to have the quorum for meeting shall be delivered in person against signature, electronic mail or mail at least one week in advance of the meeting date to the members. The quorum for meeting for the first meeting of the Board of Trustees shall be the simple majority of the number of its actually existing members; and the quorum for decision the simple majority of those present at the meeting. Where a simple majority of the Board of Trustees is not obtained in the first meeting, the second meeting shall be held by at least 10 members; and decisions be taken by the simple majority of those present at the meeting. If there is no significant change in the second meeting conditions to preclude the meeting, no call need to be made.
The quorum for meeting and decision shall be two thirds of the full membership for an amendment, correction or addition to the Foundation Deed, and proposing members to the Assembly of Founders. The list of presence that contains full names of members that are present in the meetings of the Board of Trustees shall be signed by the participants and kept in the file. In extraordinary meetings, only the agenda that is based on the reason for meeting shall be deliberated; no proposals may be made on matters other than the agenda. In meetings of the Board of Trustees, a member may serve as proxy voter for only one other member. The deliberations and resolutions of the meetings of the Board of Trustees shall be entered in a meeting record signed by the Chair Committee. Resolutions included in the record shall be written in the Resolutions Ledger of the Board of Trustees and signed by the Chair Committee. Meeting records shall be kept in a file.
ARTICLE 11 – FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES:
The Board of Trustees shall be the highest decision making body of the Foundation. The powers of the Board of Trustees shall be as follows:
a) Elect the Board of Directors;
b) Elect the Audit Board;
c) Deliberate and examine the activity report prepared by the Foundation’s Board of Directors and the Audit Board reports, and take a decision on the discharge of the Board of Directors;
d) Adopt, as presented or with amendments, the drafts of internal regulations of the Foundation prepared by the Board of Directors;
e) Adopt, as presented or with amendments, the drafts of annual budget of the Foundation prepared by the Board of Directors;
f) Decide whether the non-public- official members of the Board of Directors and the Audit Board shall be paid attendance allowance, and if so, the amount to be paid;
g) Make additions and amendments to the Foundation Deed as necessary;
h) Formulate general policies on the activities of the Foundation;
i) Elect persons to be proposed as members to the Assembly of Founders.
ARTICLE 12 – BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
A- Composition of the Board of Directors:
The Board of Directors of the Foundation shall be composed of seven (7) regular members and seven (7) alternate members for a term of three years. It shall be mandatory that the majority of members of the Board of Directors be members of the Board of Trustees or the Assembly of Founders. Persons outside the Foundation may be elected provided that they not form a majority. The Board of Directors shall, in its first meeting following the election, elect a Chairman, a Deputy Chairman, a Secretary-General and an Member-Accountant and decide on the division of tasks.
B- Meeting Time and Quorum for Decision of the Board of Directors:
The Board of Directors shall convene at least once a month, or more often as business so requires under the chair of the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Where the Chairman of the Board of Directors is absent, the Deputy Chairman shall act as the chair. The Board of Directors shall convene by a simple majority of full membership, and pass resolutions by the simple majority of those present. However, no meeting of the Board of Directors may convene without the Chairman or the Deputy Chairman present; any such meeting shall be null and void. Dissenting members may enter dissenting note in the resolution ledger. The resolutions of the Board of Directors shall be entered in a notarized resolution ledger and signed by those present in the meeting. Those members who have not attended, without valid excuse except for resignation or death, three consecutive meetings or have lost the entitlement to be a member for legal reasons shall automatically cease to be members of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may complete its normal term without election until the number of members falls to four. However, if no member is the Chairman or the Deputy Chairman among the remaining members, the existing Board of Directors shall urgently make a call for extraordinary meeting of the Board of Trustees where the entire Board of Directors shall be elected anew. Upon the call of the existing Board of Directors and with a single item agenda for election of members of the Board of Directors, the Board of Trustees shall convene for an extraordinary meeting within at most 30 days and elect seven members of the Board of Directors for a term of three years. There shall be no limitation on re-election as member to the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE 13 – FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
As the executive body of the Foundation, the Board of Directors:
a) Shall represent and bind the Foundation;
b) Shall take initiatives within the framework of duties assigned by the laws and the Foundation Deed in order to achieve the purpose of the Foundation; decide to cooperate with, be a member to similar foundations and other organizations inside and outside the country, open and close branches and representations, found enterprises and partnerships, join with or leave those already established, or execute the ones it deems necessary upon the approval of the Board of Trustees;
c) May establish, operate or cause to operate all kinds of facilities, companies and partnerships that will help the Foundation achieve its purpose, or join with already established partnerships and shall elect the representation of the Foundation at such organizations. It shall take and execute decisions on all activity subjects as required by the Foundation’s purpose, management, assets, enterprises, educational institutions, branches;
d) Shall make all necessary preparations and organization for ordinary and organization for ordinary Trustees and ensure that the meeting be conducted timely and smoothly;
e) Shall prepare drafts, whenever necessary, for amendments to the Foundation Deed, obtain the approval of the Board of Trustees and execute other necessary procedures;
f) Shall perform and cause to perform all kinds of work relating to using the Foundation’s assets in the most efficient manner and earn revenues to the Foundation;
g) Shall prepare and submit to the Board of Trustees for approval the activity reports, balance sheets, income statements, profit-loss tables and estimated budget of the Foundation, and the Foundation’s enterprises and educational institutions;
h) Shall issue and implement regulations and implement the ones as necessary after the approval of the Board of Trustees for those social aid, scholarship, free quota allocation, award and similar activities included in the purpose of the Foundation that need identification of qualifications and requirements;
ı) Shall prepare regulations that lay down working principles and procedures of education and training institutions, economic enterprises, branches and similar organizations established or to be established by the Foundation; and submit to the approval of the relevant authorities if any and necessary, then implement them;
j) Shall prepare, implement and submit as necessary to the approval of the Board of Trustees the regulations that lay down working principles and procedures for recruiting, determining titles, wages, working schemes and terminating labour relations of those to be employed according to the administrative organization and needs of the Foundation and its affiliates;
k) Shall execute and conclude, for the purpose and activities of the Foundation, the actions of purchase, sale, lien or mortgage for immovable property, acceptance and establishment of allocation of land, landlots or buildings of the Treasury, municipalities, foundations and all public institutions and organizations and establisment of real rights on all immovable property; k) Shall pursue the lawsuits for or against the Foundation; authorize or confers power of attorney within predetermined limits to the person or persons who will act on behalf of the Board of Directors and execute actions for economic enterprises, educational institutions, courses and all similar affairs at public and private institutions and organizations and all other relevant authorities;
l) Shall ensure that all documents for the acts and actions of the Foundation shall be kept in a regular archival system and take and cause to take necessary measures to this end.
m) Shall take and cause to take necessary measures to ensure that auditors have easy access to documents for audits facilitating their work. In summary, the Board of Directors shall be authorized to discharge and exercise, in addition to its duties listed above, the duties and powers indicated in the Foundation Deed and all the relevant legislation, actions, activities and legal transactions on the Foundation’s revenues and property within the limits of powers and responsibilities defined in Articles 48, 49 and 50 of the Turkish Civil Code.
ARTICLE 14 – REPRESENTATION:
The Board of Directors shall represent the Foundation. The Board of Directors may also exercise such power of representation through the Chairman or the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors as it deems necessary. The Board of Directors may authorize or remove authorization from any of its members or employees on all matters relating to the activities of the Foundation within the principles and procedures set for certain case of affair as required for business. For matters that will place the Foundation under burden of debt and commitment, it may authorize two persons with joint signature authority at least one of whom must be the Chairman or the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE 15 – AUDIT BOARD:
The Audit Board shall be a body established to audit the resolutions, act and actions of the Board of Directors and report and inform the Board of Trustees whether action has been taken in compliance with the legislation and the purpose of the Foundation. The Audit Board shall be composed of 3 (three) persons elected by the Board of Trustees from among its members or from outside. The term of the board shall be 3 (three) years. The Board of Trustees shall decide whether the members of the Audit Board shall be paid, and if so, the amount. The Board of Trustees may delegate such power to the Board of Directors. The Audit Board shall audit, in accordance with the current legislation, the compliance of all activities, revenues and expenditures with the procedures and decisions, and report to the Board of Trustees. It may examine the accounts of the Foundation periodically. It shall transmit necessary warnings to the Board of Directors. The Audit Board shall transmit, at least 15 days prior to the ordinary meeting of the Board of Trustees, its annual report to the Board of Directors for submission to the approval of the Board of Trustees. Where the Audit Board identifies, as a result of its audit, by documents based on valid and solidevidence, matters that will significantly affect the Foundation in financial terms, it shall write them down in a report or record accompanied by its proposal, and deliver, depending on the nature of the event, to the Board of Directors against signature or directly to the Chair Committee on the date of meeting of the Board of Trustees or if necessary to the General Directorate of Foundations which is the supervisory authority.
The Audit Board shall conduct its audit and draw up its report for the period of 1 January to 31 December as the financial operating period of the Foundation. However, it may conduct audits at any time it deems necessary and communicate its report to the relevant board.
ARTICLE 16 – ATTENDANCE ALLOWANCE:
The Board of Trustees shall decide whether the non-public-official members of the Board of Directors and the Audit Board shall be paid attendance allowance or remuneration, and if so, the amount to be paid.
ARTICLE 17 – REVENUES AND ALLOCATION:
a- Sources of Revenues of the Foundation:
The sources of revenue shall comprise the following: - Rent, dividend, profit share and other similar revenues derived from the movable and immovable property and securities of the Foundation;
- All forms of testamentary or non-testamentary, conditional or unconditional donations and rights in accordance with the purpose and services of the Foundation (the Board of Directors shall be authorized to reject donations and rights which it does not approve of, and accept the approved donations and rights in the manner best suiting the interests of the Foundation);
- Revenues derived from trips, exhibitions, kermises, entertainment, symposiums, panels and similar events organized by the Foundation and books, journals, newspapers and all similar publications published by the Foundation;
- Revenues derived from economic enterprises, companies, partnerships and participations established to achieve the purpose and services of the Foundation or purely to generate revenues.
b- Method of Allocating the Revenues:
- At least (2/3) two thirds of the gross revenues obtained in one operating period of the Foundation shall be spent for the purpose of the Foundation, and the remainder for the maintenance and management expenses of the Foundation. However, where project(s) exist(s) for the achievement of the purpose of the Foundation which can be realized by funds consisting of revenues of several operating periods, the requirement to spend 2/3 of the revenues shall not apply. In such case, the amount as needed from the revenues (excepting conditional donations) in an operating period shall be kept in a fund account that will be established for the realization of the project(s) and put to use for financing the intended project.
- Where two thirds of the revenues obtained in one operating period cannot be spent for the purpose of the Foundation, the part not spent shall be carried over to the next operating period and spent in that period for the purpose.
c- Fundamental Principle in Disposing of Revenues and Property:
The property and revenues of the Foundation may not be spent for activities other than for achieving the purpose of the Foundation, or used for the benefit of donators and persons in the management bodies.
ARTICLE 18 – AMENDMENT TO DEED:
It shall be possible to amend the official Foundation Deed upon a proposal from the Board of Directors, and approval by two thirds (2/3) of the full membership of the Board of Trustees and by following the necessary procedures provided that such amendments comply with other provisions of the Foundation Deed.
ARTICLE 19 – TERMINATION:
Where it becomes impossible for the Foundation to realize its purpose and services or other reasons arise, it may be decided, upon a proposal from the Board of Directors, and approval by two thirds (2/3) of the full membership of the Board of Trustees, to institute a lawsuit for terminating the legal personality of the Foundation at the relevant Civil Court of First Instance. Where it is decided to dissolve the Foundation, all the rights and assets of the Foundation shall be transferred to any of the foundations compatible with the purpose of the Foundation as approved by the Board of Trustees.
ARTICLE 20 – FOUNDERS:
Full names of the founders of the Foundation are listed below:
1)Mehmet Selim ÖLÇER
2)Mehmet Beşir YILMAZ
3)Emine Filiz BEDİRHANOĞLU
4)Mahmut TOĞRUL
5)Mehmet DURSUN
6)Mehmet Erkan AZİZOĞLU
7)Mehmet KAYA
8)Mehmet VURAL
9)Mehmet Mesut ÖZTÜRK
10)Özlem ANLI
11)Ramazan TUNÇ
12)Sedat YURTDAŞ
13)Adnan Selçuk MIZRAKLI
14)Semra AZİZOĞLU
15)Yiğit Ali EKMEKÇİ
16)Osman BAYDEMİR
ARTICLE 21 – ASSEMBLY OF FOUNDERS:
The Assembly of Founders of the Foundation shall be composed of the persons whose names are listed below:
A. Kadir MASKAN
Ali KARAKAŞ
Abdullah AKENGİN
Alpaslan TUZCU
Abdullah ALTINTAŞ
Altan TAN
Abdullah DEMİRBAŞ
Amed Alan MARDİN
Abdullah KARATAY
Aslı ODMAN
Abdullah SESSİZ
Ayhan S. IŞIK
Abdurrahim AY
Ayşe AKBAŞ
Abdurrahman ÖNEN
Ayşe BABAN
Adem AVCIKIRAN
Ayşe CENGİZ
Ahmet CENGİZ
Ayşe MEŞE TANRIKULU
Ahmet GÖKSOY
Ayşegül DOĞAN
Ahmet GÜNEŞTEKİN
Azime KUTLAY
Ahmet KESKİN
Aziz KARAKAŞ
Ahmet KOÇ
Aziz YAŞAN
Ahmet ÖNAL
Bahar Şahin FIRAT
Ahmet TÜRK
Bahattin TAMAN
Ahmet YALINKAYA
Bahri ÇAKABEY
Ahmet YEMAN
Bakır İNANÇ
Ahmet YILDIRIM
Bekir AĞIRDIR
Akın BİRDAL
Beşir SANSÜR
Alev ER
Bircan TURAN
Ali Cenap AKTURAN
Burç BAYSAL
Ali Ferruh AKAY
Buşra ERSANLI
Ali İhsan PARLAK
Canip YILDIRIM
Cebrail Kısa
Gençay GÜRSOY
Celal AKTAŞ
Gülistan SARIBAŞ
Cemal MERCAN
Gülten KAYA
Cengiz ÇANDAR
Günay GÖKSU ÖZDOĞAN
CEVDET ŞANİOĞLU
Hacı ÇİFTÇİ
Cihan AKGÜL ÖZMEN
Hadi NEZİR
Çetin KOTAN
Hafit BALYEN
Çeto ÖZEL
Haluk EKİNCİ
Davut ÖKÜTÇÜ
Hamit SÜMER
Defne ASAL
Harun ERCAN
Deniz GÖKALP
Hasan GÜNEŞ
Doğan YILDIRIM
Hasan ŞEKER
Ecehan BALTA
Haşim HAŞİMİ
Ekrem BİLEK
Hikmet BOZÇALI
Emel KURMA
Hikmet BOZYEL
Emin BALTAŞ
Hikmet CAN
Emine Filiz BEDİRHANOĞLU
Hikmet TUNÇ
Emine MEŞE
Hüseyin BEKTAŞ
Emrullah CİN
Hüsnü ALTUN
Engin YEŞİL
Hüsnü ÖNDÜL
Ercan TAYINLAMAK
İbrahim ÇERİMLİ
Erdal BULĞAN
İbrahim GÜRBÜZ
Erol HANÇER
İhsan AY
Evin Eren
İlhan DİKEN
Eyüp BURÇ
İmam TAŞÇIER
Fahrettin ÇAĞDAŞ
İrfan AÇIKGÖZ
Fahri KARAKOYUNLU
İsa TEKİN
Fahri ÖLÇER
İsmail AYDIN
Faik BULUT
İsmail BEŞİKÇİ
Faruk BALIKÇI
İsmail ÇELİK
Faruk TÜRK
Jini GÜNEŞ
Fatma GÖK
Kadri YILDIRIM
Faysal BALABAN
Kasım ERGÜN
Fehim IŞIK
Kemal BÜLBÜL
Ferda CEMİLOĞLU
Kemal GÜVEN
Ferda ÖNEN
Kemal PARLAK
Ferhat KARATAŞ
Kemal YÜKSEL
Ferhat KENTEL
Kenan ÇELİK
Feride AKSU
Kutbettin ALTUN
Feridun ÇELİK
M. Hasan EKEN
Feridun YAZAR
M. Kasım FIRAT
Fikri KUTLAY
M.Emin AKTAR
Filiz İPEKYÜZ
M.Salih ÖZGÖKÇE
Füsun ÜSTEL
Mahmut ABDÜLSEMETOĞLU
Gafur TÜRKAY
Mahmut EKİNCİ
Gamze CİZRELİ
Mahmut İLHAN
Mahmut METİN
Murat YALÇIN
Mahmut ODABAŞI
Mustafa ASLAN
Mahmut ORTAKAYA
Mustafa ÇELİK
Mahmut TOĞRUL
Mustafa OKAY
Mashar ZÜMRÜT
Mustafa ÖZÇELİK
Maya ARAKON
Mustafa ÖZER
Mehmet Ali ADIGÜZEL
Mustafa YURTDAŞ
Mehmet Ali DENİZ
Müslüm COŞKUN
Mehmet AYDIN
Naci KUTLAY
Mehmet AYHAN
Naci SAPAN
Mehmet Beşir YILMAZ
Nadire MATER
Mehmet BOZYEL
Naif BEZWAN
Mehmet DEMİR
Nazan ÜSTÜNDAĞ
Mehmet DURSUN
Nazım EKİNCİ
Mehmet EKİNCİ
Nebahat AKKOÇ
Mehmet Emin EKMEN
Necdet ATALAY
Mehmet Erkan AZİZOĞLU
Necdet İPEKYÜZ
Mehmet GEMSİZ
Necmettin PİRİNÇÇİOĞLU
Mehmet KAYA
Nesrin UÇARLAR
Mehmet Nuri ÖZBEK
Nevin SOYUKAYA
Mehmet ÖZKAN
Nuran YILMAZ
Mehmet Selim ÖLÇER
Nurcan Baysal
Mehmet Sıddık KURUL
Nurcan KAYA
Mehmet Şerif CAMCI
Nurşen GÜRBOĞA
Mehmet Tahir GÖKDEMİR
Nükhet SİRMAN
Mehmet TAŞ
Oktay AY(Welat AY)
Mehmet TAYFUN
Onur HAMZAOĞLU
Mehmet VURAL
Osman BAYDEMİR
Mesut AZİZOĞLU
Osman KAVALA
Mesut BEŞTAŞ
Ömer LAÇİNER
Mesut ÖZTÜRK
Önder ATLI
Mesut YEĞEN
Özcan OĞURLU
Metin BAKKALCI
Özen TEKİN
Metin KILAVUZ
Özlem SEZGİN ANLI
Mıgırdıç MARGOSYAN
Raci BİLİCİ
Mihdi PERİNÇEK
Raif TÜRK
Mine DERİNCE
Ramazan DANIŞ
Mithat SANCAR
Ramazan TUNÇ
Muhammet GÖZÜTOK
Remzi ÖCAL
Muharrem ERBEY
Reşit CANTÜRK
Muhittin KARAÇAVUŞOĞLU
Rıdvan ŞEŞEN
Muhsin BİLAL
Ronayi ÖNEN
Murat BELGE
Ruşen ARSLAN
Murat KIZIL
S. Süreyya ÖNDER
Murat ORAK
Sabri Sami YILMAZ
Murat VAN ARDELAN
Sabri TEKİN
Salih KARADAĞ
Şerif DERİNCE
Sedat KAYA
Şeyhmus DİKEN
Sedat YURTDAŞ
Şis Yusuf BEREKATOĞLU
Selahattin CENGİZ
Şivan PERWER
Selahattin ÇOBAN
Şükrü GÜLER
Selahattin ESMER
Tahir ELÇİ
Selahattin KATAR
Talat İNANÇ
Selçuk MIZRAKLI
Tarık Ziya EKİNCİ
Sema KILIÇER
Turgut TARHANLI
Semra AZİZOĞLU
Uğur IŞIK
Serdar ONAT
Vahap COŞKUN
Sertaç BUCAK
Vedat ÖZÇELİK
Sevgi KAVAK
Veysi HİZAL
Sevtap YOKUŞ
Yakup GABRİEL
Seyfullah TEKİN
Yasin CEYLAN
Sharro İbrahim GARİP
Yaşar SARI
Sırrı SAKIK
Yavuz ÖNEN
Sidar GÜLEN
Yıldız CEMİLOĞLU
Songül CAN
Yıldız UÇAR
Suat BÜKÜN
Yılmaz ENSAROĞLU
Suat ÖNEN
Yiğit Ali EKMEKÇİ
Suzan SAMANCI
Yurdusev ÖZSÖKMENLER
Süleyman Kızıl
Yusuf KORKMAZ
Şebnem KORUR FİNCANCI
Yüksel AVŞAR
Şehmus ÖZMEN
Zeki EVLİYAOĞLU
Şemsa ÖZAR
Zeynep GAMBETTİ
Şemsettin KOÇ
Zozan UZUN
Şeref AKGÜN
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS:
TRANSITIONAL ARTICLE 1- The provisional Board of Directors until the first meeting of the Board of Trustees shall be composed of the regular and alternate members whose names are listed below:
Regular Members:
1) Mehmet Selim ÖLÇER
2) Semra AZİZOĞLU
3) Emine Filiz BEDİRHANOĞLU
4) Mehmet KAYA
5) Sedat YURTDAŞ
6) Mehmet VURAL
7) Mahmut TOĞRUL
Alternate Members:
1) Adnan Selçuk MIZRAKLI
2) Mehmet Erkan AZİZOĞLU
3) Mehmet DURSUN
4) Mehmet Mesut ÖZTÜRK
5) Mehmet Beşir YILMAZ
6) Özlem ANLI
7) Ramazan TUNÇ
The provisional Board of Directors shall be obliged to call the Assembly of Founders to meeting within at most two months from the date of registration of the Foundation.
TRANSITIONAL ARTICLE 2- The Assembly of Founders shall elect the Board of Trustees composed of 25 persons in its meeting to be held within two months from the acquisition of legal personality by the Foundation. The Board of Trustees shall hold its first meeting within at most 15 days from the date of its election, and elect the Chair Committee of the Board of Trustees, members of the Board of Directors and the Audit Board of the Foundation.
TRANSITIONAL ARTICLE 3- Sedat YURTDAŞ has been authorized to institute and pursue a lawsuit for registration of this Official Foundation Deed at the competent Civil Court of First Instance, and if required in the process of registration, make amendments or corrections to the Official Foundation Deed.