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The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, in accordance with the purpose specified in Article 135 of the Constitution, was established to ensure unity and solidarity among chambers and commodity exchanges, to promote the development of the profession in line with general interests, to facilitate the professional activities of chamber and commodity exchange members, to uphold honesty and trust in their relations with each other and with the public, to protect professional discipline and ethics, to carry out necessary studies for the country's development and the growth of the economy, and to fulfill the services specified in Law No. 5174. It is a public institution with legal personality, serving as the supreme professional organization.
Chambers are established to meet the common needs of their members, facilitate their professional activities, ensure the development of the profession in line with public interests, uphold professional discipline, ethics, and solidarity to foster honesty and trust in the relations among members and with the public, and to carry out the services specified in legislation as well as the duties assigned to chambers.
Chambers of Commerce and Industry are professional organizations with the legal status of public institutions (Article 4 of Law No. 5174 on the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye and Chambers and Commodity Exchanges).
According to Article 9 of Law No. 5174, the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey and the Chambers and Commodity Exchanges Law, "Merchants registered in the Trade Registry and all real and legal persons possessing the status of industrialist and maritime merchant under Article 5, as well as their branches and factories, are obliged to register with the chamber in their location." Therefore, chamber registration is mandatory.
The registration request period for the Trade Registry Office is 15 days. (Turkish Commercial Code Article 30)
To register with the Trade Registry Office and consequently with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, one must be a merchant. The definition of a merchant is provided in Article 14 of the Turkish Commercial Code. According to this, 'A person who operates a commercial enterprise, even partially, in their own name is called a merchant.' On the other hand, those who have an annual income exceeding the limit published by the Ministry of Finance are considered merchants and can register with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Members required to register with the chambers must notify any changes that occur in their status and are subject to registration and announcement under the Turkish Commercial Code to the chambers where they are registered within one month from the date of occurrence. (Law No. 5174, Article 10)
Establishments and sales outlets that, while being affiliated with a headquarters, operate within the working area of either the chamber where the headquarters is located or another chamber, and either have independent capital and/or maintain their accounting at the headquarters without independent capital, yet conduct industrial activities and commercial transactions independently, shall be considered branches for the purposes of the implementation of this Law. (Article 9, Paragraph 2 of Law No. 5174)
To view the Turkey Trade Registry Gazette online, visit the website www.tobb.org.tr. On the right side of the opened window, click on the heading "Turkey Trade Registry Gazette" and register through the Free Gazette Query section. (Turkey Trade Registry Gazettes published before 2004 cannot be viewed.)
To determine whether the trade name you are considering is already in use by another business, you can access the "Query" section on the official website of the Turkey Trade Registry Gazette Directorate (http://www.ticaretsicilgazetesi.gov.tr/sorgu_acik.php) and conduct a search through the database.
The day the company's registration process is completed is also the day when the ledger certification must be obtained.
The supplementary fee is a type of fee collected by chambers each year; for individual merchants and industrialists, it is calculated at a rate of 0.5% on the total commercial income declared in their income tax returns; for corporate merchants and industrialists, it is calculated at a rate of 0.5% on the commercial balance sheet profit declared in their corporate tax returns. No supplementary fee is collected from members who incur losses for the year in which the loss occurred; however, the total amount of this fee cannot exceed 20 times the annual fee ceiling. (Article 25 of Law No. 5174)
The registration of members who submit to the Chamber directly or through branches, as an attachment to their petition, either the original or an approved copy of the trade registry gazette showing the cancellation of their registration in the trade registry, or an official letter from the relevant Trade Registry Directorate indicating this status, as well as members who have been dissolved and can document this status, shall be deleted by a decision of the Chamber's board of directors.
Chambers and commodity exchanges are authorized to buy and sell movable and immovable properties, construct, subdivide, merge, and mortgage properties, borrow money, carry out expropriation, support and encourage social activities, make donations and grants, build schools and classrooms, provide scholarships, establish companies and foundations or become partners in existing companies within the framework of the provisions of Law No. 5174, and perform similar legal transactions. (Law No. 5174, Article 11)
Chambers established with the aim of developing economic and commercial relations between Turkey and other countries, upon consultation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the name of unilateral or multilateral Turkish-foreign or foreign-Turkish trade, industry, and maritime trade chambers, have association status and require the permission of TOBB for their establishment. The activities of such chambers established abroad are monitored, and the operations of those within the country are supervised and monitored by TOBB. Associations established in this manner are subject to the general provisions of the Associations Law, except for the matters specified in Law No. 5174. (Law No. 5174, Article 58)
The employees of the chamber, exchange, TOBB, and the establishments they have founded are subject to the provisions of the Labor Law No. 4857, except for the provisions stipulated in Law No. 5174. (Law No. 5174, Article 73)
1. The due date for the first installment is June 30, and the due date for the second installment is October 31. (Law No. 5174, Article 25)