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REGULATIONS OF TURKISH PARLIAMENTARIANS ASSOCIATION – SOCIETY
Foundation

CHAPTER ONE

Definition, Scope, Founders and Membership

DEFINITION

Article 1 – The name of the society is Turkish Parliamentarians Association. Head office of the society is located in Ankara. The society – association may establish the branches in the city centers where it thinks fit by the resolution of the General Board. (The usage of the word, “Turkish”, has been allowed by the resolution of the Council of Ministers, no. 7/15516, dd. 16.04.1078 which was issued in the Official Gazette, dd. 3 June 1978.)  

SCOPE

Article 2 – The Turkish Parliamentarians Association – Society who respects the human rights, understands the placing the democratic regime and making it operable and devotes to the idea of social law and secularist state and Kemalist principles as believing the main idea of “Sovereignty Belongs to the Nation without Any Conditions”

1- executes the cultural and scientific studies on the issues which become the current issues of the Turkish Democracy and similar subjects, organizes the research tours abroad or nationwide and publishes the newspaper and periodicals,
2- establishes the social and intellectual contacts which help the national aims and national foreign policy that were mentioned by Atatürk with the foreign parliamentarians and diplomats and similar organizations which they are the members of them, participates in the federations and confederations by the co-operation with the similar foreign organizations in accordance with the Article 11 of the Law, no. 2908,
3- provides the cultural and social co-operation and assistance between its members and establishes the establishments and facilities and supplementary facilities in order to realize these aims,
4- supports the poor and successful students and provides the credits for them
5- provides the material and immaterial aids to reduce the damages of the citizens who are suffered from the natural disasters and provides the services on the social aid fields, in order to provide the friendship, social, cultural, mental and material supportive actions between the parliamentarians who were and are charged as the member in the Turkish Grand National Assembly and Legislation Assembly and to provide that the society uses the knowledge and experiences of the members as performing the scientific and cultural activities and to provide the development of political culture environment, the keep the parliamentary traditions and the continuity of our democracy as making it stronger.  

FOUNDERS

Article 3 – The names and surnames of the founders of association-society are listed below.

Name and Surname Father’s name Place & Date of Birth Legal Address
1. Y. Ziya Önder Muhlis Zara 1914 Turgut Reis Cd. 18/12 Ankara
2. S. Faruk Önder H.M. Nazım Konya 1916 A.Mithat Efendi Sk. 22/4 Ankara
3. Muhittin Kılıç Rüştü Konya 1919 N.Tevfik Sk. 21/4 Maltepe/ANK
4. İsmet Kapusuz Süleyman Yozgat 1930 Meneviş Sk. 48/4 A.Ayrancı/ANK
5.Mehmet Türkmenoğlu Veli Develi 1921 GMK Bulvarı 105/10 ANKARA
6. H. Basri Albayrak Abdullah Pazar 1926 Keçiören Cuma Sk. 21/24 ANK
7. Cihat Turgut Halil İzmir 1918 Yakıtçılar Sk. 4/8 Y.Şehir/ANK
8. Ahmet Üstün Sadık Polatlı 1923 Büklüm Sk. 14/4 K.Dere/ANK
9. M. Enver Işıklar Rüştü Afyon 1914 Hoşdere Cd. 68/17 Y. Ayrn./ANK
10. Adil Yaşa Abdülmecit Siirt 1924 Bahçelievler 4. Cd. 111/3 ANK
11. AhmetKaramüftüoğlu Tevfik Kadirli 1924 B.evler 1.Cd. 78/21 ANKARA
12. Orhan Vural Tevfik Ordu 1932 Yeşilyurt Sk. 26/16 Çankaya/ANK
13. Haluk Berkol Ahmet Kadıköy 1921 Atatürk Bl. 255-A/55 ANKARA
14. Haldan Kısayol Feridun İstanbul 1923 Sağlık Sk. 42/5 Y.Şehir/ANKARA
15. Halit Fikret Aka Hayrullah Nevşehir 1914 Çiftlik Cd. 7/10 B.evler/ANKARA
16. İsa Bingöl O. Kadri Muş 1919 Büklük Sk. 80/13 K.Dere/ANKARA
17. İhsan Kabadayı Ahmet Konya 1920 M.Paşa Cd. 874 Sk. İzmir
18. Kaya Özdemir Rüstem Sivas 1931 Güvenlik Cd. 6/13 A.Ayrancı/ANK
19. Nurettin Özdemir Fikri Kelkit 1927 Yıldız Koop. Ev 6/13 B.Evler/ANK
20. M. Kemal Yılmaz Hakkı Aydın 1921 B.Evler Çiftlik Cd. 7/10 ANKARA
21. Dursun Akçaoğlu Ahmet Çerkeş 1919 GMK Blv. 107/12 Malt./ANKARA
22. Atilla İmamoğlu Seyit Afşin 1939 Boz Sk. No: 3 Kurtuluş/ANKARA
23. Nurettin Sandıkçıoğlu İ. Hakkı Burhaniye1922 Bilir Sk. 29/3 K.Dere/ANKARA
24. Zeki Yücetürk Tevfik Balıkesir 1928 B.Evler 61. Sk. 18/7 ANKARA
25. Yusuf Ulusoy Ethem Yozgat 1910 Çelikkale Sk. Çelikkale Apt. ANK.
26. İsmail Yeşilyurt H. Nuri Şefaatli 1925 Kavacık S. Ev. Bando Sk. 12 ANK
27. İ. Sıtkı Hatipoğlu Hüseyin Polatlı 1924 A.Ayrancı Gerede Sk. 10/5 ANK.
28. Cevat Odyakmaz Suudi Pazar 1921 Kavacık Sb. Ev. 3. Yıldız Cd. ANK
29. İlhan Açıkalın H. Faik Osmaniye1930 B.Evler 14. Sk. 8/8 ANKARA

PROHIBITIONS

Article 4 – The Association – Society is subjected to the fundamental principles in the section of the preface and general rules in the Constitution and carries out its works, rather than the political and ideological preferences.
It may not be active on the subjects which are banned by the articles 5, 6, 37, 40 and 42 of the Law, no. 2908.  

GAINING THE MEMBERSHIP

Article 5 – The parliamentarians who were and are charged in TGNA and the parliamentarians who were charged in the Legislation Assemblies that were established by the virtue of the laws, no. 1, 157, 158 and 2485 and those who were charged in the Government, rather than the Parliament may be member of the Association-Society as being subjected to the subparagraphs 2 and 3 of the paragraph 2 of article 4 and to the article 4 of the Law on Associations, no. 2908 by the condition of not being subjected to the subparagraph 4 in the aspect of period and having the right to be elected for the Parliament. 
Upon the written application of those who meet these conditions, the General Board decides whether their applications are rejected or accepted within 30 days. The relevant person is informed about the result as written. The applications are sent to the Head of Association-Society directly or through the branches. The receipt or bank receipt which proves that the acceptance fee or annual fee is paid should be attached to the application form. The application shall be rejected, unless those fees are paid. The payments to the branches may be recorded as the advance into the branches as being authorized by the General Board and being collected them later.  
The President of Republic, President of TGNA and the spouses of the deceased members are the honorary members of the Association-Society. The honorary members may pay the subscription fee and participate in the General Meetings, if they wish. However, they don’t have the right to elect and be elected.  
The honorary members may not reside in Turkey and the foreign mission chiefs and foreign deputies may be announced as the honorary members by the resolution of General Board and when necessary, the membership may be terminated. 

HONORARY CHAIRMANSHIP

Article 6 – The President of TGNA is the “honorary chairman” of the Turkish Parliamentarians Association-Society during his presidency period.  
The relevant person is informed about this position as written and the senior local administrative agency is informed about it within ten days.  
If they wish to be the honorary chairman, they may be the member of the Association. 
In case of the chairman of the Turkish Parliamentarians Association-Society is discharged, he becomes the “honorary chairman”.  
During the periods when the honorary chairmen are not charged with the management, they participate in the meetings of the Association-Society and submit their opinions and recommendations, but may not vote.  

BEING MEMBER

Article 7 – The membership of the members of Association-Society is terminated;
1. by resignation,
2. by losing their right to be elected for TGNA,
3. by not paying the monthly subscription fee for three months without any reason despite of the written warning,
4. by the resolution on the annulment of his/her rights,
5. by losing the membership rights for the associations
and they are dismissed by the General Board.  
Those who are dismissed by the General Board may object to the resolution in the first General Meeting.

CHAPTER TWO

Organs, Foundation, Tasks and Authorizations of the Association-Society 

ORGANS OF THE ASSOCIATION-SOCIETY

Article 8 – Organs of the Turkish Parliamentarian Association-Society are;
1. General Board,
2. General Management Board
3. Executive Board
4. Audition Board
5. Discipline Board
6. Higher Consultancy Board
7. Branches and Representatives 

GENERAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION-SOCIETY

Article 9 – The Ordinary General Meeting of the Association-Society is held in May once in two years, the invitations are made by the General Management Board.  
General Management Board may hold an extraordinary meeting, when necessary. In addition, upon the written application of the Audition Board or 1/5 of the members, it is obliged to hold an extraordinary meeting within one month.  

INVITATION METHOD

Article 10 – General Management Board prepares the list of registered members in accordance with the Association-Society regulations and the members who will participate in the General Meeting are invited by the announcement in a local newspaper as being stated its agenda, date, time and place. In this invitation, if the meeting may not be held because of not obtaining the quorum, the second meeting’s date is also mentioned. The period between the first and second meeting may not be less than one week.  

The place, date, agenda and time of the meeting are informed to the senior local administrative agency as written and the list of members who will participate in this meeting is also attached to this letter. The names of the members who have the subscription fee debts for the previous year will not take place in this list.  
If the meeting is not held because of the different reason, this situation is announced by the newspaper which the meeting is announced before as being stated its reasons. The second meeting must be held within two months from the annulment date of the first meeting.  

The members are re-invited to the second meeting in accordance with the rules which are stated in the first paragraph and the meeting is informed to the senior local authorized agency in accordance with the rules in the second paragraph.  
The General Meeting may not be annulled more than once. 
The fee which would be paid to the commissioner is paid to the cashier of the Ministry of Finance at least two days ago from the meeting date.  

MEETING PLACE

Article 11 – The General Meetings may not be held in a place which is different than the head office of the Association-Society.  

QUORUM FOR MEETING

Article 12 – The General Board meets with the participation of the more than one person of half of the members who are registered into the Association-Society registry-book and the resolutions are taken by the majority of the members. If the quorum is not obtained in the first meeting, the quorum is not requested in the second meeting. However, the member number who participates in the second meeting may not be less than the total number of the members of Association’s Management Board and Audition Board.  
Each member uses his/her own vote right in the General meetings.  

HOLDING TYPE OF MEETING   

Article 13 – General Meeting is held at the place and on the date which is informed to the senior local authorized agency and announced in the newspaper. 
The members who will participate in the General meeting are participating in the meeting as putting their authentic signatures against their names in the list. However, in order to participate in the meetings, the members must pay their monthly subscription fees. The members who fail to do so may not use their membership rights in the General meeting.  

If the quorum which is mentioned in the article twelve is obtained, the situation is defined in the minute and the meeting is started by the chairman of the General Management Board or a General Management Board’s member who is charged by the Chairman.  

After starting the meeting, the General Board’s Chairmanship Council which consists of a chairman, vice-chairman and two clerks is charged in order to manage the meeting.  

General Board’s Chairman Council manages the General Meeting in accordance with the provisions of law, regulations and directives and announces the results of the election. It signs the minutes and documents of the General Meeting and delivers to the Management Board.  

ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED

Article 14 – In the General Meeting, only the subjects which take place in the agenda are discussed. However, the subjects which are requested by at least one tenth of the members who participate in the meeting must be discussed. 
The agenda may not be changed in anyway in the General Meeting.  

TASKS AND AUTHORIZATIONS OF GENERAL BOARD

Article 15 – General Board;
1. Selects 15 principle and 15 reserved members for General Management Board and 3 principle and 3 reserved members for the Audition Board and 5 principle and 3 reserved members for Discipline Board and 40 principle and 20 reserved members for the higher Consultancy Board. The selection is made with the secret votes,
2. Amends the Main Regulations and decides to open or close the branches, when necessary,
3. Waives the Management Board as discussing the accountant and work reports of the General Management Board and the reports of the Auditors,
4. Confirms the list of permanent staff who will be employed and with budget and issued by the General Management Board as amending or same,
5. Inspects and decides the objections of the members against the resolution on dismissing or temporarily dismissing of them from the membership of the Association-Society,
6. Authorizes the General Management Board to purchase, rent the immovable or sell or give rent the available assets in favor of the Association and to establish the affiliates and partnerships with the organizations with the same objectives,
7. Authorizes the Management Board on establishing the social and intellectual contacts and negotiations, complying with the objectives which are mentioned in the subparagraph 2 of the article 2 of the Regulations,
8. Fulfills the other obligations which must be fulfilled by the General Board by the virtue of applied laws and the regulations,
9. Decides to annul the Association.  

FOUNDATION, TASKS AND AUTHORIZATONS OF THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT BOARD

Article 16 – General Management Board is the unique management and representative organ of the Turkish Parliamentarians Association-Society and responsible against the General Board.  
General Management Board meets within two days from finalizing the result of election and selects its Executive Board which consists of Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary-General, Deputy of Secretary-General and Accountant. 
Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Political Parties and those who are charged in the Management and Execution Boards of this party may not be charged in the General Management, Audition and Discipline Boards of the Association-Society. 
General Management Board;
1. Gives the authorization of representation of the Association-Society to the Chairman, Executive Board partially or completely,
2. Charges its members to perform the proper works for the objectives of the Association-Society, when necessary,
3. Recommends to the General Board to establish the Office in the proper places and invites the General Boards of the branches for ordinary or extraordinary meetings,
4. Executes the transactions on the income and expense accounts of the Association-Society and prepares the recommendation on annual working report, balance-sheet, budget of the next period, list of the permanent staff and the amount of annual membership fee and submits them to the General Board,
5. Issues the instructions and directives for the affiliates and branches which are mentioned in the article 2 of the Regulations and put them into the affect, establishes the co-operation with the other organizations who have the same objectives, establishes the affiliates or partnerships, acquires, rents or gives rent the real estates to establish the social facilities in the center or other residence areas in order to operate them in the direction the objectives of the Association-Society,
6. Performs the necessary transfers between the parts and items of the budget,
7. Takes the necessary measures to manage and use the movable and immovable items of the Association-Society in its favor,
8. Determines the membership participation fee,
9. Appoints the foreign parliamentary members who are the friends of Turks and support Turkey and defend the benefits of Turkey in the international forum, panel, symposium and meetings as the honorary members as obtaining the opinion of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and informs the senior local authorization agency,
10. Accepts the budgets of the branches as amending or same,
11. Authorizes the Executive Board or Chairman regarding the urgency of the business as determining the quality, time and scope of the business and limiting with that business. In this case, the Executive Board or Chairman submits what they did in the next meeting of the General Management Board and requests the confirmation,
12. May charge the experts who are experienced in the certain subjects which the General Management Board or Higher Consultancy Board requires as paying fee or honorary consultant or chief consultant. It takes the resolutions on the recommendations related to the staff who will be discharged or employed from and in the head office or branches,
13. Fulfills other obligations, incurred from the applied Regulations and laws and uses its authorizations.

MEETING OF GENERAL MANAGEMENT BOARD

Article 17 – General Management Board meets at least once in a year in the time and date which are determined before without invitation. In addition, when necessary, the meeting may be held in any time upon the request of the 1/3 of the members of General Management Board or the Chairman. In this case, the date and time of the meeting is announced by the Secretary-General to the members. 
The agenda of the meeting is announced by the secretary-general to the members before the meeting. The meeting is managed by the Chairman, or if he is absent, by the Vice-Chairman, or if he is absent by the Secretary-General. It shall be deemed that the member who does not participate in the meeting three times continually is dismissed from the General Meeting.

COMPLETION OF ASSOCATION-SOCIETY BOARDS WITH THE RESERVED MEMBERS

Article 18 – The memberships which will be emptied in the General Management, Audition, Discipline and Higher Consultancy Boards may be completed with the reserved members sequentially by the invitations by the chairmen of boards. 
If the number of member in the Management Board becomes less than the number of complete members after charging the reserved members because of discharging, the General Board is invited by the members of management board or audition board to meet. If this invitation is made, one of the members of Association-Society may applied to the local Magistrate Court.

TASKS AND AUTHORIZATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD

Article 19 – The Executive Board meets upon the invitation of vice-chairman in the absent of chairman at least once in 15 days.
The Executive Board;
1. Executes the resolution of Management Board,
2. Submits its recommendations on the subjects which are mentioned in the Association-Society Regulations,
3. Charges the vice-chairman, Secretary-General and one of the members of General Management Board to issue the declaration, announcement, statement and news bulletins by obtaining the authorization from the General Management Board,
4. Charges the staff,
5. Manages the publication of books and periodicals,
6. Takes the necessary measures to run the social facilities of the Association-Society and makes the necessary arrangements. 
The Executive Board is responsible against the General Management Board and submits the performed works in every General Meeting and requests the confirmation for them.  

TASKS AND AUTHORIZATIONS OF THE AUDITION BOARD

Article 20 – The Audition Board which consists of three members selects a chairman with the secret vote in its first meeting which will be held within three days after the selection and result is recorded in a minute and this minute is submitted to the management board. 
The Audition Board;
1. Inspects and audits the activities of the Association-Society in respect of the management and finance whether they are complying with the resolution of the general board and management board.
2. Audits whether the account and inventory books are kept on the basis of general principles and timely,
3. Submits the results of its audition which it’s executed during the annual working period not more than six months and opinions on the estimated budget of the period to the General Management Board and when meets, to the General Board as a report.
4. Calls the General Board to meet in accordance with the subparagraph 2 of the Article 9 of the Regulations. 

TASKS AND AUTHORIZATIONS OF DISCIPLINE BOARD

Article 21 – Discipline Board consists of 5 principle and 3 reserved members who are selected by the General Board.  
Within three days from the finalizing of the results of election, the principal members select the chairman and vice-chairman in the meeting which will be held under the chairmanship of the oldest member by the secret voting and the result is submitted to the Chairman of Association-Society.  
The Discipline Board examines complains of the General Management Board against the members or branches and takes resolution on them. As the Discipline Board requests the defense letter, it may execute the in-site inspections and collect the evidences, listen to the witnesses and parties and issue the report.  
Discipline Board is not subjected to the request of General Management Board on sending. It decides in accordance with the evidences which are obtained from the inspections.  
Discipline Board;
1. tries to solve the disputes friendly,
2. may WARN or CONDEMNATION the relevant member(s) as stating the reasons and regarding the complain,
3. may give the “TEMPORARILY DISMISSING” or “PERMANENT DISMISSING” punishment to the members who act contrary to the provisions of the regulation and aims of the Turkish Parliamentarians Association-Society, not fulfill the resolutions of the General Management Board, resist on this manner or act in a manner that not proper for a parliamentarian,
4. recommends the termination of the Management Board of a branch to the General Management Board with the punishments on the members relating to the complains,
5. submits its resolutions to the General Management Board in order to apply them. 

PUNISHMENTS AND THEIR RESULTS

Article 22 –
WARNING means to attract attention as written.
CONDEMNATION means to attract attention as written.
TEMPORARILY DISMISSING means to dismiss the member temporarily from the Turkish Parliamentarian Association-Society from one year to two years.
PERMANENT DISMISSING means to dismiss the member permanently from the Association-Society.
Those who have the condemnation punishment and take place in the terminated Management Board may not be selected to the organs of the Association in the First General Meeting from the date of termination and if they are selected, their tasks are terminated.  
One may object to the resolutions of the Discipline Board within three days from the notification of the resolution in order to be amended or removed through the General Management Board. In this case, the General Management Board sends the request to the Discipline Board as adding its own opinion. After this stage, the resolution of the Discipline Board is final. The objection or going to the court will not prevent the termination of the task.  

HIGHER CONSULTANCY BOARD

Article 23 - Within three days from the finalizing of the results of election, the Higher Consultancy Board selects the chairman and vice-chairman in the meeting which will be held under the chairmanship of the oldest member by the secret voting and the result is submitted to the Chairman of Association-Society. 
The Higher Consultancy Board;
1. Executes the plan and program in order to perform the works which are stated in the article, “aim” of the regulations,
2. Makes the suggestions to the General Management Board for inspection trips abroad,
3. Executes the inspections and studies on the subjects which General Management Board and Execution Board state.  
The member who is charged executes the secretary task of that duty until it ends. The resolution of the Board is as being the recommendation for the General Management Board.  
After the reserved members are charged, if there are vacancies, then the remaining members execute the tasks. 
The Higher Consultancy Board meets with the number more than one member of half of the member number and takes its resolutions by the majority of votes.  

INFORMING ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE SELECTED TO THE ORGANS TO THE MANAGEMENT

Article 24 – The names, surnames, fathers’ names, places and dates of birth, professions and legal addresses of the principle and reserved members who are selected to the Management, Audition, Discipline and Higher Consultancy Boards are informed to the senior local competent authority which exits in the place where the head office of the association-society is located by the Chairman of the Management Board within seven days from the selection date as written.  

CHAPTER THREE

Branches

ESTABLISHING THE BRANCHES

Article 25 – After deciding to establish the branches, the application is made by at least three members whom are charged by the General Management Board to the senior local competent authority of the place where the branch will be established as written. In this letter, the names, surnames, fathers’ names, places and dates of birth, professions and legal addresses and nationalities of the founders and the address of the branch’s head office are informed. In addition, two copies of the Association-Society regulations and the certificate of authorization are attached.  
The branch founders must have been resided in the place where the branch will be established for at least six months.  

ORGANS OF THE BRANCHES

Article 26 – The organs of the branches consist of,
1. General Board
2. Management Board,
3. Audition Board. 

GENERAL BOARD OF THE BRANCH

Article 27 – The General Board of the Branch is formed by the members who reside in the place where the branch will be established and are registered into the Association-Society. The General Board of the Branch meets in the head office of the branch. Ordinary General Meeting is held at least 15 days before the General Meeting of Association-Society and the provisions of the Regulations on the General Meeting of Association-Society are applied to the subjects to be discussed.  
Upon the application of 1/3 of the members of Branch Management Board, Branch Audition Board or Branch General Board as determining the agenda, the General Board of the Branch may hold the extraordinary meeting. However, the General Management Board of the branch informs the reason, agenda, place, date and time of the General Meeting to the General Management Board in detail at least 30 days before the General Meeting.  
The dates of the General Meeting of the branches are determined by the General Management Board.  

TASKS OF THE GENERAL BOARD OF BRANCH

Article 28 – The General Board of Branch;
1. Selects the members of management board of the branch which consists of minimum 5 and maximum 7 principle and 5 reserved members and the members of Audition Board which consists of 3 principle and 3 reserved members in secret voting,
2. Discusses the account and work reports of the Management Board of Branch and the reports of Audition Board and decides on waiving,
3. Discusses the annual budget which is issued by the Management Board of the Branch and confirms the budget as amending or changing,
4. Takes resolutions on the opinions on enhancing, giving rent or selling the property of the branch as suggesting them to the General Management Board,
5. Fulfills other obligations which are determined by the board in the applied laws and regulation.  

TASKS AND AUTHORIZATIONS OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD OF BRANCH

Article 29 – The Management Board of the branch is the representative organ of the Turkish Parliamentarian Association-Society in that city and It is responsible against the General Board of the Branch and General Management Board of the Association-Society. The Branches are not judicial entities.  
The members who are selected to the Management Board of the Branch meet in the head office of the branch within two days from finalizing the selection results and select the Branch Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary of the Branch and the Accountant of the Branch with the secret voting.  
Management Board meets at least once in a month and except this ordinary meeting, it may meet upon the request of two members of the Management Board and Branch Chairman. The invitation is made by the Secretary of the Branch.  
The provisions of the article 17 of the Regulation are also valid for the organs of the branch. After the reserved members are charged for the vacancies, in case of the number of the members of Branch Management Board is half than the full member number of the Branch Management Board, the Branch Management Board is called to an extraordinary meeting maximum within one month by the resolution of the General Management Board.  
The Branch Management Board;
1. Provides the authorization of representation of the branch to the Chairman of the branch partially or completely,
2. Charges the members of the Branch Management Board in order to execute the works proper for the aims of the Association-Society, when necessary,
3. Fulfills the tasks which are provided by the General Board,
4. Executes the procedures on the branch’s income and expense accounts and issues the annual working report balance-sheet, next period’s budget and staff list and submits them into the opinion of the General Board,
5. Makes the necessary transfers between the sections and items of the budget,
6. Takes the necessary measures in order to that the properties of the branch are managed and used in favor of the branch,
7. Employs the necessary staff who will be determined by the General Board of the Branch and approved by the General Management Board,
8. Performs the works which are determined in the subparagraph 3 of the article 19 of the Regulation by the written permission of the General Management Board,
9. Informs about those who are selected to the branch organs to the senior local competent authority in accordance with article 24 of the Regulation,
10. Keeps the Resolution Book, Book of Received-Sent Document, Income-Expense Book, Budget-Final Account Book and Balance-Sheet Book and the Inventory Book,
11. Fulfills the tasks which are provided by the General Board and mentioned in the Regulation.
The branch managements may not issue the directives. The membership monthly fees, entry fees or grants may be registered as the advance payments which are accepted in name of the Head Office into the branch account by obtaining the authorization from the General Board and as being collected later.  
Regarding the fiscal need of the branch, its budget which is determined by the General Board and its needs and requests, they are met by the resolutions of the General Management Board of the Association-Society.  

TASKS AND AUTHORIZATIONS OF THE AUDITION BOARD

Article 30 – The members who are selected to the Audition Board meet within two days from the finalizing of the results of selection and select the chairman with secret voting.  
The tasks and authorizations of the Audition Board are subjected to the Article 20 of the Regulation.  

ANNULMENT, ASSIGNING AND SELECTION OF THE BRANCH MANAGEMENT BOARDS

Article 31 – The Branch Management Boards are warned, in case of they act contrary to the provisions of the directives, laws and regulation and not obeying the resolutions of the General Board. General Management Board decides to annul the Branch Managements who are resisting in spite of the warning and given period.  
General Management Board may annul the branch managements in the cases which its delaying is the objection or by the recommendation of the Discipline Board as stating its reasons without warning.  
The resolution on annulment may be taken by the votes of 2/3 of the members in the General Meeting by the secret voting.  
The Branch Managements which are annulled must leave their tasks and assign their duties. No objection shall delay to leave the task and to assign the duties.  
Upon the resolution on annulment, the new branch management board is assigned by the General Management Board. This Board completes the duty period of the previous board. So that, the extraordinary congress is called for meeting within 45 days upon the written application of the 1/3 of the association-society members who reside in the place where the branch is located within 15 days from the assigning date.  
In the extraordinary congress, the resolution on the annulment which consists of the reasons of annulment is read and when requested, each representative in name of the annulled management and of the General Management may provide an explanation. After those explanations, the discussion is not made, but the selection commences.  

CLOSING THE BRANCHES

Article 32 – The resolution on closing the branch because of inadequate member number of the branch, its unproductive works and other reasons may be taken by the votes of the 2/3 of the members of the General Management Board. Voting is by secret voting.  

SECTION TWO

Revenues, Books and Records 

REVENUES OF THE ASSOCIATION-SOCIETY

Article 33 – The Association-Society obtains its revenues from;
1. The membership entrance fees and membership monthly fees,
2. Activities such as play, conference, sport contests, excursions and concerts,
3. Incomes from the operation of the properties of the Association-Society and social facilities,
4. Grants and aids.
The amount of the membership monthly fees is determined by the General Board and the amount of the membership entrance fees is determined by the General Management Board.  

BOOKS AND RECORDS

Article 34 – Association-Society keeps the below-listed books;
1. Member Record Book: ID, admittance date, monthly fees and grants of the member are recorded,
2. Resolution Book: The resolutions of the Management Board and Executive Board are recorded into the separate books with their no and date.
3. Book of Received-Sent Documents: The documents, received and sent are recorded with their numbers and dates. The original of the received document and copy of the sent document are kept in the files.
4. Income and Expense Book: The places where the incomes are obtained and the money which is spent are recorded clearly and regularly. The income receipts’ numbers and expense invoice dates and numbers are recorded into this book.
5. Budget-Final Account and Balance-sheet Book: Budget-Final Account and Balance-Sheets are recorded into this book.
6. Inventory Book: The inventories of the Association-Society are recorded into this book.
The books which are mentioned in this paragraph must being notarized.  

METHOD IN THE INCOMES AND EXPENSES

Article 35 – The income is collected with the receipt and the expenses are proved with the expense certificate. The storage period of those documents is five years, unless the contrary is not specified in the special laws.  
The receipts are obtained from the Ministry of Finance. In this document, the ID and signature of one who pays and grants are stated. If the Ministry of Finance does not provide the receipt within 30 days from the application date, the receipts which are printed by the Association-Society are approved by the senior local competent authority and it collects the monthly membership fees and grants. After the official receipts are obtained from the Ministry of Finance, the receipts of Association-Society may not be used.  

HAVING PROPERTY

Article 36 – The Association-Society may not have any property except its residence place which is necessary for its activities and aims.  
The Association-Society informs about its properties to the Ministry of Internal Affairs within 3 months from the date when they are registered into the title deed office.

SECTION THREE

Amending the Regulation, Annulment and Liquidation 

AMENDING THE REGULATION

Article 37 – The regulation may be amended by the resolution of two third of the members who participate in the General Meeting upon the request of the one fifth of the full member number of the Management Board or who are registered into the Association-Society.

ANNULMENT OF THE ASSOCIATION-SOCIETY

Article 38 – The resolution on annulment is taken by the General Board of the Association-Society. In order to take this resolution, 2/3 of the members who have the right to participate in the congress must participate in the congress. In case of this majority is not obtained in the first meeting, the annulment may be discussed in the second meeting whatever the member number is. However, 2/3 of the members who participate in the both meetings must vote on the annulment in order to take the resolution on the annulment.

LIQUIDATION

Article 39 – After the debts of the annulled Turkish Parliamentarians Association-Society are paid, its properties are assigned to the Turkish Parliamentarians Supporting, Scientific and Political Research Foundation (TÜPAV).
The liquidation process is carried out by the Executive and Audition Boards.

GENERAL MANAGEMENT BOARD OF THE TURKISH PARLIAMENTARIANS ASSOCIATION-SOCIETY