1. CHARTER 2010
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2. HEAD OFFICE CONTACT
Address: Yeşilay Genel Merkezi, Nuruosmaniye Cad. No: 17/1 34110
Cağaloğlu-Fatih / ISTANBUL / TURKEY
Phone: + (90) 212 527 16 83
Fax: + (90) 212 522 84 63
Web: www.yesilay.org.tr
E-mail: info@yesilay.org.tr
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3. SECTION 1
NAME, PURPOSE AND CENTER OF THE GREEN CRESCENT
Article 1- Association’s name and center
Association’s name is “Türkiye Yeşilay Cemiyeti”, “Turkish Green
Crescent Society” and it is centered in Istanbul. It was founded on 5th March
1920 in Istanbul and named “Hilal-i Ahdar”. Later its name changed to “Yeşil
Hilal” and finally to “Türkiye Yeşilay Cemiyeti”, “Turkish Green Crescent
Society”.
“Türkiye” word was allowed to be used in Association’s name by 20
September 1973 dated and 7/7146 numbered cabinet decree.
The Association was converted to a public interest Association by 19
September 1934 dated and 2/1288 numbered cabinet decree which was
promulgated in 13 October 1934 dated and 2827 numbered official gazette.
Article 2- The symbol of Association is a green moon on a white ground whose
bits are directed to the right. Although Yeşilay’s branches of youth or other
branches related to it may use “a hand that presses a snake which is getting out
of a bottle” symbol where it is necessary -except flags and badges-.
The purpose of the Association and topics, formats and scope which will be
carried on to accomplish this purpose
Article 3- In a moral and cultural development atmosphere in our country the
purpose of the Association is to fight against addictions that destruct the mental
and physical health of youth and community such as drug, smoking, alcohol
addiction and also all kind of addictions that harms youth and community such
as gambling, prostitution, internet and screen addiction. The purpose is to raise
generations that are dependent to their national culture.
The purpose is to minimize the consumption of alcohol, drugs, cigarettes and all
kind of bad habits by cooperation and harmony with governmental and nongovernmental organizations.
Formats and topics to carry on for reaching the purpose
1. Conducting researches to enable and develop activities,
2. Organizing training activities such as courses, seminars, television
speeches, lectures,
3. Ensuring any information and document that is required to achieve the
purpose, generating a documentation center, publishing books,
newspapers, magazines etc. to announce the activities and journals to
distribute to the members,
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4. 4. Providing a fine work environment to achieve the purpose, ensuring all
kind of technical tools and equipment, inventory, and stationery
supplies,
5. After providing the necessary permissions, organizing charity
collections, accepting donations from abroad and from within the
country,
6. Establishing and operating economic, commercial and industrial
enterprises in order to provide needed revenues for the realization
of the purposes of charter,
7. Building and furnishing social and cultural facilities, opening locals
for the enjoyment of members and for their evaluation of free times,
8. Arranging and availing of dinner meetings, concerts, plays,
exhibitions, sports, sightseeing and fun activities etc. among the
members,
9. For the needs of the Association activities buying, selling, leasing,
renting movable and immovable property and establishing real
rights over immovable property,
10.If necessary for the purpose, establishing federation or joining a
federation board, by providing the necessary permissions establishing
local dorms, dispensaries etc. that need permission to be established,
11.International operations, joining foreign associations or organizations
and making joint efforts on a project basis or cooperate with these
organizations,
12.For the purpose of the Association, providing financial aid to or
getting financial aid from similar aimed associations, labor and
employer unions, and professional organizations,
13.If considered necessary to achieve the purpose, without prejudice
to the provisions of the law -5072 numbered act -, carrying out joint
projects with state institutions and organizations on their work area,
14.Establishing polls to provide the compelling needs of members such as
food, clothing and other goods and services and to satisfy the needs of
short-term loan,
15.Providing drug or alcohol addicts a treatment in hospital and helping
them to regain their working ability, helping their family and helping
to take care of their children’s education and protection,
16.Opening branches and representative offices where necessary,
17.On the areas related to the purpose of the Association and on the areas
that are not prohibited by law, creating common platforms with
other associations, trade unions and civil society organizations to
achieve the common purpose,
18.Carrying out art and culture studies and similar initiatives,
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5. 19.On the purpose of fighting against drug, alcohol, smoking and all kind
of addictions starting enterprises to make government to take
necessary measures and to decree,
20.Opening dormitories and training centers,
21.Preparing radio and television programs,
22.Preparing VCDs and DVDs,
23.Creating internet portals,
24.Establishing Yeşilay clubs,
25.Establishing mobile and fixed libraries related to Yeşilay,
26.Pressing books, posters, brochures, labels, stickers, badges, magazines,
vinyl related to work area of Yeşilay,
27.Preparing billboards,
28.Publishing scientific articles,
29.Preparation and purchasing documentaries, television programs
and promotional films,
30.Organizing open sessions and press conferences,
31.Preparing reports to enlighten the public, state officials and the media,
32.Establishing treatment centers for the recovery of bad habits,
33.Establishing Yeşilay radio and television channel,
34.Making agency activities,
35.Republishing the printed books of Yeşilay and converting them into
CD format,
36.Collecting in a book all of the reports that Yeşilay ever made,
37.Preparation and publication of new books on issues of Yeşilay,
38.Preparation of video clips on alcohol, drugs, gambling, purse
snatching, homeless children and other bad habits,
39.Providing financial aid, books and documents, conferences for the
collection centers for homeless children, dorms, schools, treatment
and rehabilitation centers,
40.Providing financial support for homeless children’s families that are
reported by the police,
41.By increasing the number of pages and print quality of the Yeşilay
magazine, providing a superior technical and scientific level, and
increasing number of subscribers,
42.Distributing the posters which Yeşilay prepared and will prepare in all
provinces, districts and villages of Turkey as free of charge,
43.Distributing the same posters at barracks and other organizations as
free of charge,
44.Providing the essential costs for conferences that are held in schools
and in other organizations,
45.Advertising on televisions and newspapers,
46.Ensuring the re-suppression of the history of Yeşilay and completing
the missing history of Yeşilay,
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6. 47.Ensuring to receive the books related to Yeşilay into library,
48.Enabling the development of public relations of Yeşilay,
49.Having
particularly
municipalities,
governmental and nongovernmental organizations subscribed to Yeşilay magazine and
providing advertisements, documents and writings for the magazine,
50.If necessary, the headquarters and branches may employ, for homeless
children, permanent or temporary staff to be used in co-operation and
solidarity in alcohol and drug addiction treatment and rehabilitation
centers, and organizations established in this regard,
51.Renovations of the headquarter building Yeşilay Office Block –that is
also the only source of Yeşilay’s income since 1974- and some other
branch buildings that belong to Yeşilay,
52.Providing the suspension of the Yeşilay’s panels as framed at the
stations, wharves, waiting rooms, terminals and other places where
people are collected,
53.Providing the use of city boards,
54.Providing the suspension of panels related to Yeşilay at
trams, commuter trains, buses and wagons,
55.Helping to provide financial support to purchase offices for the
branches that are tenanted,
56.Providing financial support for the activities of Yeşilay branches,
57.Having scientists, artisans and people beloved by the youth
participated in Yeşilay’s issues and providing their payment of costs,
58.Providing a permanent funding as in some other institutions by
contacting the relevant authorities,
59.Cooperating with the hospitals that are relevant to the Yeşilay’s
purposes,
60.Ensuring any kind of activity to inform the community on issues
related to homeless children and Yeşilay,
61.Making all kind of activities for the purpose of Yeşilay,
62.Opening camps if necessary,
63.Providing scholarships,
64.Providing foster families for the orphaned homeless children
(according to applicable laws),
65.Providing fostering allowance to the needer foster families,
66.Performing all kind of activities according to Yeşilay charter, the Law
of Association (Dernekler Kanunu) and to the laws in force,
67.Giving plaques and certificates of honor to the people who serve for
Yeşilay’s aspirations. Presenting the feelings of thank and gratitude of
Yeşilay Association.
The Scope of the Association
Yeşilay has been working in the areas of DRUG ADDICTION, SOCIAL,
CULTURAL and HEALTH areas.
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7. SECTION 2
AFFILIATION WITH THE ASSOCIATION, RELINQUISHING
MEMBERSHIP AND MEMBERSHIP PROCESS
Article 4- Any real or legal person who refuse to use any kind of alcohol and
drugs under any kind of circumstances and who fights against them and who is
at least 18 years old, who has the legal personality or legal entity, who adopts the
principles and purposes of the Association and accepts to work in this direction
has the right to become a member of this Association. However, foreign real
persons to be members have the right if they settle in Turkey. This condition is
not required for honorary membership. Form of oath: “I swear on my honor that
as long as I remain as a member of this Association I will not use alcohol and
drugs under any kind of circumstances and I will spread the ideal of
community.”
Article 5- The membership applications must include the oath about not using
addictive drugs. The applications must be in written form and given to the
presidency of the Association. Administrative board of the Association makes its
decision on acceptance or denial of the request in 30 days and results are
informed to the applicant in written form. Members whose applications are
approved are registered to the books that are for this purpose. The original
members of the Association are the founders of the Association and the people
who are accepted to the membership by administrative board upon their request.
When the branches of the Association are established, the membership entries in
headquarter are transferred to the branches. New membership applications are
done in branches. Acceptance and deletion of membership operations are done
by administrative boards of branches. Headquarter shall be notified in 30 days in
written form.
Article 6- Although people who are not the members of the Association, adopt
the fight against the use of drugs and alcohol, provide important aids for the
purpose and people who provide important financial and moral aid for the
Association may be given honorary membership by the decision of central
administration board.
Whether or not a member, people who provide important services for the
Association’s purpose may be given a Yeşilay medal by the decision of the
Board.
Unsubscription
Article 7- Each member has the right to resign by notifying in written form.
When the petition of resignation arrives in the administrative board, exit
procedures shall be implemented. Unsubscription will not end the association
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8. member's accumulated debts.
Dismissal from Membership
Article 81. To act contrary to the charter,
2. To constantly avoid given tasks,
3. Despite written warnings, not paying membership fees within six
months,
4. Failure to comply with the decision taken by the organs of the
Association,
5. To have lost the conditions of being a member,
6. Contrary to the commitment to use any of the drug addiction.
By the decision of the administrative board as a result of one of the above
states, a person may be removed from membership.
Disqualified from the Association, members will be deleted from the
registry and cannot claim the assets of the Association.
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9. SECTION 3
STRUCTURE OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY, MEETING TIME,
CALL AND MEETING PROCEDURE
Article 9- Organs of the Association:
1. General Assembly
2. Administrative Board
3. Auditing Board
4. Youth and Women's Branch
The General Assembly is the highest and most authoritative decisionmaking organ of the Association.
General Assembly
Upon the written request of the usual one-fifth of the members
of Administrative or the Auditing Board following the dates shown it this
charter, The General Assembly convenes extraordinarily within 30 days.
The ordinary General Assembly convenes in every 2 years in October at
the date, place and time determined by the Administrative Board.
The General Assembly is convened by the call of Administrative Board. If
the administrative board does not call for meeting, upon the request of one of the
members, court of peace judge shall appoint three of the members to call for
meeting.
Call Procedure
Administrative Board prepares the list of members entitled by the
charter to attend General Assembly. Members, who are entitled to attend the
general assembly, are convened at least 15 days in advance by date, time, place
and agenda being announced in a newspaper or by being notified in written form
or by electronic mail. In case, the meeting cannot be done due to lack
of majority, the second meeting day, time and place shall also be specified in the
first meeting call. The time between the first and second meetings shall not
be less than seven days, and not be more than sixty days.
If the meeting cannot be held by reasons other than lack of majority, by
indicating the reasons for this postponement, this issue is informed to the
members in accordance to the procedures of the first call. The second
meeting must be held within six months from the date of postponement.
Members in the second meeting, cited again according to the principles stated in
the first paragraph.
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10. General assembly meeting cannot be postponed more than once.
Meeting Procedure
The General Assembly convenes with the absolute majority of the
members that are entitled to join the meeting; in case of termination of the
Association or charter change, Assembly convenes with the two-thirds of the
members. If the first meeting is postponed due to the lack of majority, at the
second meeting a majority is not required. However, the number of members
attending this meeting must not be less than twice of the total number of
members of Administrative and Auditing board.
List of members entitled to attend the General Assembly meeting shall
stand in place. The identity documents issued by official authorities of the
members to attend the meeting are controlled by Administrative Board members
or the people administrative board appointed to. Members enter the meeting
place by signing their names on the list issued by Administrative Board.
If quorum is ensured, it shall be recorded and the meeting shall be opened
by the head of Administrative Board or a member of the administrative board
appointed by the head. If the quorum isn’t provided an official report
is issued by the Administrative Board.
After the opening, a head, sufficient number of vice head and a clerk are
chosen for the presiding committee to run the meeting.
At the votes for the selection of the organs, members who vote must show
their identity to the presiding committee and sign the side of their names listed
on the participant list.
The head of the council is responsible for the management and security of
the meeting.
At the General Assembly, only the topics on the agenda are discussed.
However, if one- tenth of the members present at the meeting can request issues
to be discussed that are not on the agenda, this must be obtained in writing.
Each member has one vote in the Assembly, members must vote in
person. Honorary members may attend meetings of the General Assembly but
cannot vote. If a legal person is a member, the head of the Administrative Board
of the legal person or the person appointed by him, votes.
The issues discussed and decisions taken in the meeting are written in
report and are signed jointly by the head of the council and clerks. After the
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11. meeting, the minutes and other documents are delivered to the head of the
Administrative Board. Head of the Administrative Board is responsible for the
protection and delivering to the newly elected Administrative Board in seven
days of these documents.
The General Assembly Voting and Decision-Making Procedures and Forms
The voting and election in General Assembly can be done as open and
secret by the decision of the General Assembly. However even if a secret ballot
or vote is decided, a public counting must be done. Secret votes are sealed
papers or ballot papers that are put in an empty container by the members who
vote and after the end of voting, these votes are public counted by the head of
the meeting. Open voting method is specified by the head of the General
Assembly. Resolutions of the General Assembly are decided by the absolute
majority of the members who attended the General Assembly.
Decision Taken without Call or Meeting
The decisions that are taken by all of the members without a meeting with
their participation in written form and the decisions taken by all of the members
who convened without following the call procedure in the charter are valid. This
way of taking decision does not substitute the ordinary meeting.
Article 10- Only agenda items shall be negotiated in General Assembly.
However if at least 1/10 of members present items in written form to add to the
agenda, this items shall be negotiated.
Article 11- Decisions are made by the majority of the present members. Each
member has one vote. However, a member shall not vote on the issues about
himself, his wife or his lineal consanguine. This article applies
to General Meetings of the Administrative Board of the Headquarter.
Duties and Authority of the General Assembly
Article 121. Choosing the organs of the Association,
2. Changing the charter of the Association,
3. Negotiating the reports of supervisory and administrative board and
exoneration the Auditing and Administrative Board,
4. Amending and adopting the budget prepared by the Administrative
Board,
5. Inspection of the other organs of the Association and when necessary,
their removal from the office for good reason,
6. Negotiating and deciding on the objections against decisions of
the Administrative Board on denial of membership or expulsion,
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12. 7. Authorizing the Administrative Board about purchasing immovable
property or selling real estate available,
8. Approving or amending and approving the regulations that are
prepared by the Administrative Board for the works of the Association,
9. Establishing the charges, payments, allowances and reimbursements to
be given to the presidents or members -who are not government
officials- of the administrative and supervisory boards and establishing
the daily payments and allowances to be given to the members who are
appointed to the services of the Association,
10.Deciding on secession from or joining to a federation and
authorizing the Administrative Board in this regard,
11.Deciding on opening branches of the Association and authorizing the
Administrative Board of operating procedures about the branches that
are decided to be opened,
12.International activities of the Association, Separating from or
participating in as a member of foreign organizations,
13.Establishing the foundation of the Association,
14.The termination of the Association,
15.Examining and deciding on the other proposals of the Administrative
Board,
16.As the highest authority of the Association, using the powers and
carrying out the works that are not given to any other body of the
Association,
17.Doing other tasks that are given to General Assembly by legislation.
Article 13- General Assembly chooses by secret ballot among the candidates the
below,
A. 13 full and 7 alternate members for Administrative Board of Headquarter
B. 3 full and 3Alternate Members for Auditing Board
Article 14- General Assembly meetings shall be administered by the congress
President or Vice President. Memorandums or clerks administer the writing jobs.
Minutes of the negotiation of the General Assembly, are signed by the the
President, the Vice President, clerks and are entrusted to the General Presidency.
Decisions of the General Assembly are announced to the members and third
parties by being hanged for a week at the streets around the Headquarter and
branch buildings.
Article 15- General Assembly convenes extraordinary as the shown below:
A) By the written request of the 1 / 5 of the members,
B) By the decision of the Administrative Board of the Headquarter.
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13. At the extraordinary general meeting, if a new delegation starts to work
it will serve until the regular meeting of the General Assembly.
Article 16- The proposal for the amending of the charter shall be examined by
the Administrative Board of the Headquarter and then if necessary it shall be
submitted to the General Assembly.
How to change the charter
Charter amendment is made by the decision of the General Assembly. 2/3
majority of all of the members who are entitled to attend and vote in the meeting
are required to make this change. If the meeting is postponed due to the lack of
the majority, at the second meeting there isn’t a majority required. However, the
number of the members attending this meeting must not be less than twice
the total number of the members of Administrative and Auditing Boards.
The required majority of the votes to change the charter is 2/3 of all the
members who attended the meeting and have the right to vote. Charter
amendment voting in General Assembly shall be open voted.
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14. SECTION 4
FOUNDATION, DUTIES, AND CLEARANCE OF THE HEAD
OFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD
Article 17- The Head Office Administrative Board owns rights and duties to
perform Association's work and representing it under the rule of regulations.
Article 18- In order to be elected to the Headquarters Board, being a member of
Yeşilay is a prerequisite.
Article 19- New Administrative Board has to arrange a meeting for sharing the
duties in the week following the General Assembly.
Article 20- Administrative Board has any kind of authority to realize the
purposes of the Association. If it sees as a must, it prepares any kind of
regulations and for the purpose to ensure the internal control, it arranges all the
works of the Association objectively and effectively in a work schedule, the
decisions are applied with the confirmation of General Assembly by taking into
account the reports prepared by experts.
Article 21- Administrative Board assembles monthly herewith the presence of
more than half of the members. Decisions are to be taken with the presence of
the majority of the members and registered in the decision book as signed by the
members.
Article 22- Members, who will be consequently absent in the meetings without
an excuse up to three times, are deemed to be resigned. Head Office
Administrative Board takes decision on the acceptance of excuses. If needed,
reserve members are called to the duty.
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15. SECTION 5
OPERATION METHOD OF THE HEAD OFFICE
ADMINISTRATION BOARD
Article 23- Administrative Board members are elected by General Assembly as
thirteen administrative board members and seven auditing members. In the first
meeting following the election, one president, two vice-presidents, one secretary
general, two assistants to the secretary general, one accountant, one accountant
assistant, one treasurer and other members are to be appointed.
The President who controls and confirms the decisions and work that have
executed by the members, leads the meetings. Assistant Presidents perform the
duties those are assigned by the president.
Secretary General keeps the correspondence and registries of the
association. The Assistants work in cooperation with the secretary regarding the
task division among themselves.
General Accountant manages the fiscal situation of the association by
keeping the records of income and expenses in detail, saves and updates the
accounting book along with his/her assistant's cooperation.
Treasurer collects the income of the Association and keeps important
documents and stocks, conducts costs and expenses.
Administrative Board could be called meeting all the time on condition to
inform members. Board assembles with one plus of the half of the board.
Decisions are taken by the majority of the present members in the Board.
If one seat of the Board becomes empty by resignation or any other
reason, it is compulsory to call to duty from one of the Substitute Board
Members according to their majority vote queue in General Assembly.
Amendments must be notified to the authorities in a month.
Constitution, Duties and Authority of Administrative Board
Administrative Board performs duties below.
1. Representing the association or appoint a member of the association or
third person for representation,
2. Performing activities about incomes and expenditure of the budget,
preparing and submitting next term’s budget to General Assembly,
3. Preparing the regulations about the works of the Association and
submitting to General Assembly,
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16. 4. Buying immovable property or movable estate with the authorization of
General Assembly, building facilities, preparing rental contract, founding
real rights in favor of the association,
5. Performing the operation about new branches with authorization of
General Assembly,
6. Providing auditing service for the branches of the Association,
7. Establishing representatives where necessary,
8. Applying the decisions which have taken in General Assembly,
9. At the end of each year preparing report about activities of the Board and
incomes and expenditure accounts of the Association to submit General
Assembly,
10.Providing the applications of the budget,
11.Deciding the new membership and cancels the memberships,
12.To take all kind of decisions to implement the purpose of the Association,
13.To implement other duties which are given by the statutes.
Article 24- Members of the board and their details, alterations in the charter of
the Association in General Assembly must be informed to the official authorities
in a month.
Article 25- Head Office Administrative Board implements the principal
decisions of the General Assembly.
Article 26- General Board could establish commission and other bodies to
implement the decisions of the General Assembly. External members are
allowed to enter these commissions.
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17. SECTION 6
AUDITING BOARD
Constitution, Duties and Authority of Auditing Board:
Article 27- Auditing Board elected by General Assembly as three original
members and three substitute members.
If one seat of the Auditing Board becomes empty by resignation or any
other reason it is compulsory to call to duty from one of the substitute auditor
board members according to their majority vote queue in general assembly.
Duties and Authority of Auditing Board
Auditor Board inspects, in one year period, registry books and whether
the activities are relevant to the charter of the Association according to rules, and
submits the result of the inspection to General Board and General Assembly as a
report.
Auditor Board calls General Assembly if/when required. Comptrollers
who are the members of the Headquarter and elected by General Assembly are
responsible to inspect the accounts, rules and activities of the association.
Article 28- Comptrollers could inspect whenever they want. It is compulsory to
inspect once a year. The inspection period must not overrun a year. They submit
report to the presidency. Comptrollers state the administrative and financial
situation of the association to General Assembly as single member or whole
members.
Article 29- For the seat of the comptroller who resigned, another substitute
comptroller called by the President.
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18. SECTION 7
VARIOUS PROVISIONS
Article 30- Sources of Income of the Association
Sources of Income of the Association stated below:
1- Membership fees: fees which are given by members as 6 TL a year,
2- The payment of the branches: Ten percent of the net income of the
branches given to the Headquarter after one month of the General
Assembly,
3- Donations from natural persons and legal persons,
4- Incomes of the organizations which were arranged by the Association
like; dinner parties, tours and entertainment, representation, concert,
sports competition and conferences,
5- Incomes from the estate of the Association,
6- Charity activities which are suitable for the purpose of the Association
and rules,
7- To implement the other purpose of the association to get income from the
commercial activities,
8- Other Incomes.
Article 31- Under no circumstances immovable saving registered on behalf of
headquarter.
Facilities of the branches belong to the headquarter but the incomes could
be left to the branches, however, it is required for the branches to get the
decision for challenge grants
Article 32- Expenses could be made by the decision of the Board and confirmed
in the following meeting. However for the emergency works President,
Secretary General, or Accountant jointly authorized to make expense until 300
TL
Article 33- Treasurer deposits the incomes when obtained. However he could
keep official coefficient X 1000 in safe box for the requirements.
Article 34- All the payments of the Association must be appropriate to financial
rules, and in return for receipt or bill.
Article 35- Production and sale right of publishing documents and all the
materials which have Yeşilay signs or letterhead belong to Headquarter. General
Board could give the authority to the branches or people to exercise this
privilege.
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19. Principals and Procedures of Bookkeeping of the Association and Minute
Books,
Article 36- Principals of book keeping;
Books are kept according to principals of operating account. However if the
income of the year exceeds 500.000 TL preceding year, books are kept
according to balance sheet principal.
If the balance sheet system is adopted and drop below of the limit stated
above in successive two years, following year operation account could be
adopted.
Also books are kept according to balance sheet principal by the decision of
the Board without any limit stated above.
If the commercial enterprise of the association appeals, another book is kept
according to rule of tax procedural law for the commercial enterprise.
Register Procedure
Book keeping register procedure must be appropriate to the rules and
principals of the Association.
Books for Keeping
Books are kept in the Association below.
A. Principals for the books according to operation account principal stated
below:
1- Decision Book: decisions of the board written according to date and
number respectively and board members put signature on the
decisions.
2- Membership Register Book: personal details and dates of the
membership registered in this book. Membership yearly and monthly
fees registered in this book.
3- Document Register Book: Income and expenditure documents
registered this book according to date and number respectively.
Originals of the income documents and copies of expenditure
documents filed. E-mail documents are printed and kept in this book.
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20. 4- Plant Ledger: Office stocks of the Association possession date and
information of usage or deleting the entry in register book.
5- Operation Account Book: Incomes and expenditure of the
Association written in this book clearly.
6- Certificate of Receipt Register Book: certificate of receipt by serial
and sequence numbers, names, surnames, signs and dates about
people who received and delivered of this certificate, registered in this
book.
B. Principals for the books according to balance sheet principal stated
below:
1- Balance sheet principal is the same for the situation stated in 1., 2., 3.
and 6. Provisions of (a) sub clause.
2- Day Book, Stock Book and other books are kept and registered
according to tax procedural law and other official regulations.
Confirmation of the Books
Compulsory books must be confirmed before using term; they must be
confirmed in public notary or Provincial Associational Directorate. It is not
necessary to confirm until the last page. However balance sheet principal books
and permanent books and forms must be confirmed month before every validity
year.
Income table and Make up Balance Sheet Arranging
If the books are registered according to operation account principal,
operation account table is arranged at the end of the year. For the balance sheet
principal registration, income table is arranged according to regulations of
Financial Ministry.
Income and Expenditure Process
Income and expenditure documents;
Incomes of the association are collected by certificate of receipt. If incomes
are collected by banks, bank receipt could be accepted as certificate of receipt.
Expenditure of the Association must be by documents like; invoice and receipt.
For the aid which made by the Association to the organizations, persons, and
institutions “Aid in Kind Receipt” is necessary. Donations from organizations,
persons, and institutions to the Association must be by “Aid in Kind Certificate
of Receipt”.
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21. Certificate of Receipt
Certificate of receipt which used for income collection, must be published
by the decision of the Board.
Publishing, checking, receiving, registering and using of certificate of
receipt must be appropriate to associational regulations.
Certificate of Authorization
The people who collect the incomes on behalf of the Association are
determined by the decision of the Board for a limited time. Certificate of
authorization are arranged as three copies, must include the details of the person,
signs and photos and confirmed by the President. One copy piece of the
documents is given to the other units of the Association. Alterations must be
informed to the Association units in fifteen days.
The people who would collect incomes on behalf of the Association could
make their business after the delivering one copy of the certificate to the units of
the association.
The usage of the certificate, renewing and other issues must be appropriate
to the regulations of the associations.
Preservation Period for Income and Expenditure Documents
Income documents and other important documents, except other official
books of the associations, are preserved for five years according to dates written
in the documents.
Submitting a Declaration
The activities in previous year, income and expenditure accounts, according
to results at the end of the year, official declaration is submitted after
confirmation by the President to delivered to administrative chief in the first four
month of the next year.
Notice Obligation
Notice to administrative chief;
Final Declaration of General Assembly
In thirty days after ordinary or extraordinary general assemblies, Final
Declaration of General Assembly including members of the board given to
administrative chief by the President.
To the final declaration;
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22. 1. One copy of minutes of a meeting which was signed by chairman and
vice chairmen of the council,
2. If there is any new regulation in the chart, the altered articles were
added and full copy of the chart delivered after signature of the board
members
Notice of Unmovable
The unmovable entities must be noticed to administrative chief in thirty
days after the entry in the land register.
Notice of Foreign Aids
If the Association gets aid from abroad, it must be noticed to
administrative chief before receiving aid.
The decision of the Board about foreign aid, protocol, contract and other
documents and receipts are added to the notice form.
Financial aids must be received via banks and it is compulsory to notice
before withdrawing.
Notice of Joint Projects with State Institutions and Organizations
The protocols arranged about joint projects with state institutions and
organizations and copy of the Project are added to notice file and delivered to
the governorship of the province of the Headquarter in a month.
Notice of the Amendments
Change of the address of the Headquarter without decision of the General
Assembly, and amendments in the units of the Association, must be noticed in
thirty days after the amendments.
The amendments in the chart of the Association must be noticed to the
administration chief in thirty days after General Assembly.
Internal Auditing
Internal auditing could be made by General Assembly, Administrative
Board, Auditing Board and it could be made by independent auditing bodies.
The auditing of General Assembly, Administration Board or by independent
auditing bodies cannot remove the auditing obligation of the Auditing Board.
General Assembly and Administratio Board could make auditing when
required however; Auditing Board must make auditing at least once a year.
Borrowing Procedure
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23. To implement the activities of the Association, borrowing could be made
by the decision of the Board if necessary. Borrowing could be service
procurement, credit or cash. But borrowing could not be made in high quantity
which would make difficult to payback for the Association.
Division of Matrimonial Property and Dissolution of the Association
General Assembly could take dissolution decision of the Association any
time.
To discuss on dissolution and the decision in General Assembly requires
two thirds majority of the votes of the members. If the Assembly postponed in
the absence of majority it is not necessary to constitute majority in the second
meeting. However the number of the members in the second meeting cannot be
less than duplicate of the total members’ number. Dissolution decision could be
taken by the two thirds majority of the members in the Assembly end the open
vote must be for dissolution in General Assembly.
Liquidation Process
After the dissolution decision of the General Assembly, the liquidation of
the money, goods, and other rights arranged by the committee instituted by the
last board. Liquidation process starts with the definition of the liquidation and
decision date of General Assembly. “Yeşilay Association in Liquidation Process”
definition is used for all the operations in liquidation process.
Liquidation committee is responsible and authorized to all operations and
to complete liquidation process. This committee firstly, inspects the bank
accounts of the Association; in the inspection books, certificate of receipt,
expenditure documents, land registers and other documents and properties of the
Association are written to minute. In liquidation process debtor are called and
payments are made with the properties of the Association. If the Association is
debtor, dept are collected. The rest of the money would be revolved to the
institution which was determined by the General Assembly. If General Assembly
did not determine any institution for revolving it would be revolved to another
near institution which fits for the purpose of the association according to their
numerousness number of the members respectively.
All the process must be written clearly to the liquidation minutes and the
process takes three month, except well-founded additional time by chief
administration.
Applicable Law in the Deficiency of the Provisions
About the issues which were not stated in this charter Association Code,
Turkish Civil Code, Associational Regulations and other legislations are
practiced.
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24. Article 37- For the materials which cannot be used and out of order, the
registration of the material is canceled by the decision of the Board.
Article 38- General Assembly could take decision on dissolution according to
provisions of Association Code. The properties of the Association are liquidated
by the decision of General Assembly.
Article 39- Authority to Sign on behalf of the Association:
A. Checks on behalf of the association must be signed by the President, or
one of Vice Chairmen, and General Accountant jointly.
B. In all documents which would send on behalf of the Association there
must be signature of the president, or one of Vice Chairmen, or director of
the relevant unit.
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25. SECTION 8
BRANCHES
Article 40- Establishment of Branches of the Association
The Association may open branches where necessary, by the decision
of the General Assembly. For this purpose, at least three members of the
founders’ board authorized by the Administrative Board gives the
organizational statement and the necessary documents asked in Regulation of
Associations (Dernekler Yönetmeliği) to the highest local authority where the
branch will be opened.
Duties and Powers of the Branches
The branches are the internal organizations of the Association which
cannot have a legal entity, is authorized and tasked of engaging in autonomous
activities in accordance to the objectives and service scope of the Association.
Branches are responsible for all claims and debts emerged from the branches’
transaction.
Article 41- Provisions to be Applied to Branches and the Organs of
Branches
General assembly, administrative board and auditing board are the
organs of the branches. Administrative boards of the branches are selected by
general assembly of the branches from the members of the branch consisting of
5 full or 5 alternates; the Auditing Board consisting of 3 full and 1 alternate
members. If necessary women and youth councils can also be created.
The duties and powers of these organs and other relevant provisions
of association contained in this charter are applied also to the branches in
accordance with the legislation.
Branches must inform the head quarter about the congress minutes, copies
of annual activity reports, copies of plant ledgers, congress papers, new member
registration lists and changes are made in Administrative Board within a month.
Time of Convening of the General Assembly of the Branches and
Representing Method of the Branches to the Board of Assembly of the
Headquarter
The ordinary General Assembly meetings of the branches shall be ended
at least two months before the General Assembly meeting in the Headquarters.
The ordinary General Assembly of the branches convened once every two
years in the month of January, at the date, hour and location that the
Administrative Board of branch decided.
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26. Branches must give a copy of the reporting results of the General
Assembly within thirty days following the date of the meeting to local governor
and the headquarters.
Branches are represented by optional or natural delegates at the General
Assembly of the Headquarters.
Administrative and Auditing Board, heads of the branches has right to
participate in the General Assembly of the Headquarters as natural delegates as
representatives of the branches. Also the delegates who represent
one for every 20 members registered at the branch, if the remaining number
of members are more than 10 or if the total number of members are less than 20
also one delegate for these members has right to participate in the General
Assembly of the headquarters as optional delegates.
The delegates to join the General Assembly of the Headquarter are chosen
at the last General Assembly of branches. If the members of Administrative
Board and Auditing Board of the Headquarter participate in the General
Assembly of the Headquarters are not chosen as delegates for the branches, they
cannot vote.
Members who are in the Administrative Board and Auditing Board of the
branches leave this position if they are appointed to be in the Administrative
Board and Auditing Board of the Headquarter.
Opening Representative Agency
The association can open representation offices at places where necessary
by the decision of Administrative Board. The address of the representation office
shall be notified in writing to the territorial governor of that place by the people
designated as its representative by the decision of Administrative Board.
Representation Office cannot be represented at the General Assembly of the
Association. Branches will not be able to open representation Offices.
Article 42- Branches can establish youth and women branches connected to
them. In Istanbul there are youth and women branches which have the rights and
privileges of a branch.
Article 43- If a member moves from a district of a branch to another district of a
branch, the member is considered as a member of the branch of the district he
moved to. This condition shall be recorded by branches by informing each other
giving transfer paper.
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27. Article 44- Branches are obliged to send the 10% of the Net Proceeds that are
assigned to the next year-according to the accounting reports of their general
assemblies’ to Headquarters. If necessary, Administrative Board of the
Headquarter may decide on not taking Headquarter stake from any branch upon
the reasoned proposal of the administrative board of the branch.
Branches send their congress minutes to Headquarters, copies of annual
activity reports, copies of plant ledgers and lists of delegates that will attend the
General Assembly on behalf of the branches within a month following their
congress.
Article 45- At their activities and transactions, branches cannot act contrary to
the laws, rules and regulations and to the purpose and the interests of the
Association.
Article 46- The inspectors who are sent by the administrative board of
headquarter from the members of headquarter or the nearest branches supervise
all kinds of administrative, financial etc. transactions of branch. After
the Auditing, the headquarter Presidency will be reported within a month. A
copy of the administrative inspection report is sent to branch.
Branches are obliged to provide all kinds of opportunities and ease for
inspectors.
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28. SECTION 9
YEŞİLAY COUNCIL
Article 47- YEŞİLAY SUPREME COUNCIL was assigned with consultative
authority that could write report and state their opinions as a result of analyzing
and investigating the main issues of the Association and issues which assigned
by General Board
Article 48- To be member of YEŞİLAY SUPREME COUNCIL
A. To be member of Yeşilay at least for 15 years and performed in critical
services for the purpose of the Association.
B. Or if he is not member, it is necessary to be performed nationwide in
critical services for the purpose of the Association.
Membership of Supreme Council of Yeşilay is conferred with the decision
of General Board and ceremony.
Article 49- Supreme Council is assembled with three ordinary members; Yeşilay
President, Secretary General, General Accountant and the members of the
council which was elected by the General Board once a year. The decisions are
usually submitted to General Board.
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29. SECTION 10
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH COMMISSION
Article 50- Scientific Research commission could be established to study on
publications and researches about the harms of alcohol and drugs in our country
and the abroad; and to compile statistic for the people who study in these issues.
The way of work and organization of the commission are determined by
General Board.
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30. SECTION 11
FOUNDERS
Article 51- Yeşilay Association established on 1st March 1920 by the individuals
whose names written below in: Istanbul, Cağaloğlu, Nuruosmaniye Caddesi No:
17/1
NAME/SURNAME
Lütfi Âkif
İhsan Şükrü Aksel
Hulûsi Alataş
Tevfik Rüştü Aras
Hayrullah Diker
Talha Ebuzziya
Velid Ebuzziya
Eşref Edip
Ahmet Şükrü Emed
Süleyman Emin
Hakkı Şinâsi Erel
Tahsin Hamdi Gencay
Fahrettin Kerim Gökay
Celâl Feyyaz Gürsel
Galip Hakkı
Hikmet Hamdi
İbrahim Haydârî
İsmail Hakkı İzmirli
Rıfat Kilisli
İsmail Hakkı Milâslı
Sâlih Kerâmet Nigâr
Gâlip Pasinler
H. Suphi Tanrıöver
Şükrü Hâzım Tiner
H. Kenan Tunakay
Hakkı Târık Us
Mazhar Osman Uzman
Ahmet Emin Yalman
OCCUPATION
Doctor
Ord. Professor
Doctor
Doctor
Professor
Author
Author
Author
Doctor
Doctor (General)
Doctor (General)
Financier
Ord. Professor
Lawyer
Doctor
Doctor
Shaykh al-Islam
Professor
Doctor
Doctor
Teacher
General
Former MP
Doctor
Doctor
Author
Ord. Professor
Author
(All these founders of Yeşilay have been deceased.)
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31. REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
Official Gazette
Setting Date: 7th October 1336 (Hegira Era)
It is applied to Prime Ministry
Administration and Editorial Office
Broadcasting
Management
for
13th October 1934 - Saturday
Number: 2827
ENACTMENTS
Enactment No. sı: 2/1288
Yeşilay Cemiyeti (Green Crescent Society)’s assigning as public beneficial society by the proposal of Ministry of Internal Affairs
with official certificate dated 1.3.1934 numbered 2232 and Council of
State’s numbered 17500 official certificate on 4.9.1934 which was consign
on the record of General Assembly on 5.7.1934 approved by the Council of
Ministers on 19.4.1934
President GAZİ M. KEMÂL
Prime Minister
İ.İnönü
Minister of Justice
Ş. Saracoğlu
Minister of Defense
Zekâi
M. of Internal Affairs / Minister of Foreign Affairs / Minister of Finance
Ş. Kaya
Ş. Kaya
Fuat
Minister of Education / Minister of Public Affairs / Minister of Economy
Abidin
Ali
M.Celâl
Minister of Health
Dr. Refik
Minister of Transport
Ali Rana Z.
Minister of Agriculture
Muhlis
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