NAME AND CENTER OF THE ASSOCIATION
Article 1 ? The name of the Association is: "Liberal Youth Association."
Its center is Ankara. It can legally open branches throughout the country.
PURPOSE AND SERVICE MATTERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
Article 2 ? The purpose of the Liberal Youth Association (LIYA) is to
support the cultivation of youths who have adopted liberal values who will
contribute to the development of social peace, harmony and welfare with their
individual lives and behavior. The Association actively carries out cultural,
art-related, and sporting activities and similar activities to assist in the
cultivation of youths who accept freedom, justice and peace as basic values;
embrace freedom of private property and enterprise; want public authority to be
limited and responsible; who value constitutional rule; possess a sense of
conscience and justice; are equipped with strong personality and character
attributes; are prepared to take responsibility for their own lives; refrain
from being a burden to other people; respect people as people without
religious, denominational, geographical, linguistic, sexual, color-related or
statual discrimination and who consider everyone deserving of human rights;
constantly striving to develop their own knowledge and skills; and who are
prepared to cooperate with others in accordance with the principles of equal
rights and willingness; or the Association tries to provide material and moral
support to those walking this path. The Liberal Youth Association (LIYA) does
not intend to be a political institution, is not concerned with politics as an
institution, and does not carry out its activities with political motivations
and purposes.
THE ASSOCIATION'S WORKING SUBJECTS AND WORKING METHODS
Article 3 - In order to achieve the purposes and services the
Association;
1) May buy, sell and rent the real and movable property necessary for its
property, purposes and services. It can enforce any rights, operate, and
perform all kinds of construction on its real and movable property.
2) For the purpose of informing its members and the public, it may organize all
kinds of meetings, seminars, conferences, symposiums, presentations, trips,
festivals, fairs and other displays, competitions and activities related to its
purposes and services.
3) May carry out research, investigations, studies and surveys through its
members or experts, determine suggestions and requests, and may publish these
in all kinds of media.
4) May open teaching and learning institutes, classes, courses and dormitories
at all levels, or may contribute to these.
5) In order to obtain the income necessary to actualize its purposes and
services, it may establish economic, commercial and industrial enterprises,
partnerships, foundations and benevolent societies.
6) May collect, obtain and distribute aid and donations in accordance with the
Aid Collection Law and related legal provisions, and with regulatory
provisions; conditional and unconditional legacies.
7) May use its right to open a locale and all similar rights, and carry out all
other necessary activities and endeavours as permitted by regulations.
8) May carry out joint activities with other societies, foundations, people,
establishments and similar institutions as permitted by regulations.
CONDITIONS AND TERMS FOR MEMBERSHIP
Article 4 ? Everyone who has license to use their civic rights and has
completed the age of 18, and has not yet reached the age of 37, may apply for
membership to the Association through the process of filling in the entrance
form prepared by the Association. The Administrative Board comes to an
acceptance or rejection decision about the membership applications within
maximum 30 days, and announces the result to the applicant in written.
For the acceptance of public service officials as defined in the Law of
Associations, it's necessary to get permission from the relevant authorities.
The membership of foreign citizens depends on their right of abode in Turkey.
A certificate of honor may be presented to those who help and serve the
Association when deemed appropriate, and the Administrative Board may make
these honorary members. Honorary members may attend general Board meetings, but
they have no right to be elected for organs and to vote.
MEMBER RIGHTS, RESIGNING FROM MEMBERSHIP AND REMOVAL FROM MEMBERSHIP
Article 5 - Nobody can be forced to become a member or remain a member
of the Association, and every member has the right to resign with a written
petition. Association members have all equal rights recognized by the
regulations. Every member has the right to one vote on the General Board, and
they use their vote themselves.
The membership of a member who excedes the age limit defined in Article 4 of
the statute, is automatically converted to the status of honorary membership.
Those who fail to comply with General Board and Administrative Board decisions,
who place the Association under liability without the authority of the
Association, or who lose their power of judgement, are removed from Association
membership by the decision of the Administrative Board. The membership of those
who fail to pay their dues within the promised period and fail to give a just
reason for this, will be terminated by the decision of the Administrative
Board.
Those who resign or are removed from Association membership are erased from the
membership records and cannot claim any rights to the Association's property.
RECORDS THAT MUST BE KEPT
Article 6 ? The Association keeps the following books:
1. Membership record book: The identities, date of entrance to the Association,
monthly and annual dues of those who enter the Association.
2. Decision book: the decisions of the Administrative Board are written in this
book ordered by date and number, and the chairman and members sign the
decisions underneath.
3. Incoming and outgoing documents book: incoming and outgoing documents are
recorded in this book with their date and number. The originals of incoming
documents and copies of outgoing documents are saved in their files.
4. Income and expenditure book: the source of all the money obtained in the
name of the Association and all money spent by the Association is shown in this
book openly and regularly.
5. Budget, absolute accounts and balance book: the general Board period budget,
absolute accounts and balance are written in this book.
6. Assets book: the assets belonging to the Association are written in this
book.
7. Receipt record book; volumes of receipts are recorded in order in this book.
A notary must approve these books once. The Administrative Board is responsible
for keeping of these books appropriate to their kind.
PROCEDURE FOR INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
Article 7 ? The Association's income is calculated with receipts
obtained from the finance department. On the occasion that receipts cannot be
provided by official authorities, they are printed by the Association in
accordance with procedure, and used after being approved of by the largest
local civil authorities.
The person or persons to collect contributions and dues for the Association are
determined by a decision of the Administrative Board, and this decision is
recorded at the largest local civil authorities. Through this procedure,
certificates of authority are obtained for those in charge. Funds cannot be
collected with a certificate of authority. It is obligatory for a bank account
to be opened in the Association's name and for funds to be kept in this
account.
Association expenses must be done with a document of expenditure. Invoices,
receipts, expenditure lists or reports, and similar documents are used as
documents of expenditure. Books and documents related to income and expenditure
must be saved for at least the length of time determined by law.
INCOME OF THE ASSOCIATION
Article 8 ? The Association's income sources:
1. Membership dues: Members pay an entrance fee of 500.000.- (five hundred
thousand) TL. The dues amount paid by members of the Association is 500.000. -
(Five hundred thousand) TL. The General Board can change these amounts.
Payments can also be accepted collectively as the annual total of dues.
2. Real and cash contributions and aid made by people applying to the
Association of their own will;
3. Income generated by the Association's property, and the subject and form of
enterprises and activities appropriate to the purposes and services of the
Association;
4. Income generated by activities carried out by the Association like
publications, balls, concerts, gatherings with tea and food, trips,
entertainment, presentations, sporting activities and competitions, and
conferences;
5. Donations and aid collected in accordance with regulatory provisions of the
Aid Collection Law;
6. Economic, commercial and industrial enterprises, partnerships, foundations
and benevolent societies established in order to obtain the income necessary to
actualize its purposes and services,
7. Other income.
ORGANS OF THE ASSOCIATION
Article 9 - The organs of the Association are as follows:
A) General Board
B) Administrative Board
C) Supervisory Board
A) GENERAL BOARD Article 10 - The General Board is the most
authoritative organ consisting of the Association's actual members and natural
and elected branch delegates. It is in charge of and has authority over
subjects like the election of authoritative Boards, alterations to the statute,
participation in the federation, the desire to count as a public service
Association, approval of the budget, examination of the accounts and discharge
of the Administrative Board, the dissolution and winding up of the Association,
and other subjects determined by the regulations.
GENERAL BOARD MEETINGS Article 11 - The General Board meets once
every two years in October on a date decided upon and announced by the
Administrative Board. However, there may also be an extraordinary meeting if
the supervisory boards deem it necessary administratively, or upon the written
request of one fifth of the Association's actual members and natural and
elected branch delegates.
The Administrative Board arrange a list of members who have the right to attend
the Genral Board according to the Association's statute. Members to attend the
Genral Board are called to the meeting through the process of announcing the
day, time, place and agenda in a local newspaper at least 15 (fifteen) days
previously. In this announcement, it is also stated upon which day a second
meeting will take place, should the meeting have been unable to take place due
to failure to obtain a majority. The amount of time between the dates of the
first and second meetings should not be less than a week.
Furthermore, the day, time, place and agenda of the meeting is announced to the
largest local civil authority at least 15 (fifteen) days previously, and to
this is appended the list showing members to attend the meeting.
If the meeting has to be postponed for another reason, this situation is made
known to members in a second announcement in the same newspaper as the first
meeting announcment, also stating the reasons for the postponement. In this
case, the second meeting must take place no later than two months after the
postponement. Members must be summoned to this meeting according to the
prinicples in the second paragraph, and the meeting is once again announced at
the largest local civil authorities according to the principles in the third
paragraph. The General Board meeting cannot be postponed more than once.
MEETING QUORUM
Article 12 - The General Board meets when there is one more than half
the members and delegates with a right to attend according to the Association
statute. If the quorum cannot be achieved in the first meeting, a majority will
not be sought in the second meeting. However, the number of members attending
this second meeting may not be less than twice the full number of attending
Association Administrative and Supervisory members.
MEETING PROCEDURE AND COUNCIL Article 13 - Members to attend the
genral Board meeting enter the meeting place by signing next to their names on
the list arranged by the Administrative Board. The absence of the government
commissioner does not necessitate postponement of the meeting. The Association
Chairman or one of the Administrative Board members opens the meeting and a
roll call is performed to determine the quorum.
Having established that the meeting quorum has been met, the "Meeting Council"
is formed by electing a General Board Council Chairman, a vice-chairman and
secretarial members from the members and delegates. The Council Chairman
manages the meeting according to the agenda and in keeping with the regulations
and statutory requirements. The secretaries also help the Council Chairman to
ensure the meeting to progress according to procedure and keep the meeting
minutes, signing them together with the chairman.
In the General Board, only subjects on the agenda are discussed. However,
subjects the discussion of which at least ten percent of present members wish,
must also be discussed.
General Board decisions are taken with an absolute majority of those attending
the meeting. Elections and voting may be open or secret ballot according to the
decision of the General Board. However, when election or voting by secret
ballot is decided upon, counting and breakdown must be done openly.
At the end of the meeting, the handing over of the Association and
responsibilities is carried out by the old administration and the new, and all
minutes and documents pertaining to the meeting are gathered up by the council
and handed to the Administrative Board.
B) ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD
Article 14 - The Administrative Board consists of five actual and five
associate members selected by the General Board through a secret ballot. The
authority to represent the Association belongs to the Administrative Board.
However, they can transfer this authority to one or several members of their
own.
Keeping the books and records of the Association properly, performing the
operations related to the income and expenditure accounts of the Association,
preparing budget of the next period and presenting it to the approval of the
General Board, acting appropriate to the purpose and service matters stated in
the statute, preparing regulations and circular related to centre or the
branches on necessary subjects appropriate to the legislation and statute,
applying the decisions of the General Board and other subjects that legislation
defines are under the duty and authority of the Administrative Board.
The Administrative Board determines the chairman, deputy chairman, secretary
and accountant by making division of duty according to the order of vote
majority within themselves during its first meeting. Administrative Board can
always convene provided that all the members are informed. Yet, it must
customary convene at the latest once in a month and take decisions and carry
out the operations related to its duties.
Members who do not participate in the customary meetings of the Administrative
Board one after the other without an excuse lost their membership. Instead of
the of the ones that lost or resign from the Administrative Board membership,
the associates should be called within three days sequentially according to the
vote order they got in the General Board.
C) SUPERVISORY BOARD
Article 15 - The Supervisory Board consists of three actual and three
associate members selected by the General Board through a secret ballot. The
one who is elected with maximum vote becomes the chairman of the board. It
carries out the internal supervision of the Association in the framework of the
legislation. It tries to perform the internal supervision of the Association
and its branches with the intervals not more than six months; fixation of the
convenience of its activities and workings along with income-expenditure
calculation and operations to the provisions of the legislation and statute and
the implementation of the decisions of the General Board according to the
working essentials and procedures of supervision stuff. It presents the results
of the supervision as a report to the Administrative Board and General Board
when it is convened. Moreover, it also uses other duties and authorities
defined in the legislation.
FOUNDATION AND LEGAL STATUS OF THE BRANCHES
Article 16 - At least three people living where the branches will be
opened for at least six months are given authority and permission to establish
the branch with the decision of the Administrative Board. People who are
authorized to open a branch notify name and surname, name of the father,
birthplace and date, occupation or skill, place of residence and nationality of
the founders, the centre and the address of the branch to the biggest civilian
authority of the place where the branch will be opened. Two samples from the
Association's main statute and foundation authority document is added to this
notification. The foundation of a branch has been completed with this
notification.
Branches are internal association organs that are linked with the Association
as required by provisions of laws and statute; the relations with the centre of
the Association and powers of decision of which is defined by the provisions of
the "Branches Regulations"; existence and rights of which are included in the
Association structure, which is authorized and in charge of carrying out
autonomous activities in the direction of the purpose and service matters of
the association with the decision of Branch Administrative Board and which is
responsible for all the rights and obligations rise from all operations.
Branches are represented by selected and natural delegates in the General Board
of the Association. The chairmen of the The Administrative and Supervisory
Board of the branches as natural delegates and one delegate which will be
selected in the name of every 32 members in the general boards of branches as
an elected delegate has the right to participate in the General Board by proxy.
The other provisions of this statute concerning the Association's juristic
personality are also valid in the scope of the branch and regarding the branch
and are implemented by comparison. The provisions about the implementation and
centre-branch relations are shown in the "Branches Regulations" which will be
prepared by the Administrative Board of the Association in accordance with the
provisions of legislation and statute.
ORGANS, DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF THE BRANCHES
Article 17 - The organs, duties and authorities of the branches are as
follows:
A) The General Board of the Branch: It convenes ordinarily in october once in
two years with the participation of members registered to the branch and paid
their dues. Regarding the meeting principles, invitation methods, extraordinary
meeting and duties and authorities, in the scope of the branch and regarding
the branch, the articles 11,12,13,14 and others of this statute about the
general board are implemented by comparison.
B) The Administrative Board of the Branch: It consists of five actual and five
associate members selected in the general board of the branch through a secret
ballot. Regarding the division of duties and forms of working and duties and
authorities, in the scope of the branch and regarding the branch, the article
15 and other articles of this statute about the administrative board are
implemented by comparison.
C) Supervisory Board: It consists of three actual and three associate
supervisors selected in the general board of the branch. Regarding the divison
of duties and forms of working and duties and authorities, in the scope of the
branch and regarding the branch, the article 16 and other articles of this
statute about the supervisory board are implemented by comparison.
THE AMENDMENT OF THE STATUTE
Article 18 - The amendment of the statute is made by the decision of the
General Board. The amendment of the statute can only be discussed in the
General Board if it is on the agenda of the General Board or taken into the
agenda by the written request of one of the ten of the members and delegates
attending to the meeting. The quorum for the decision of the amendment of the
statute is absolute majority of the members and delegates attending to the
meeting. The registration and announcement of the amendment of the statute is
made in accordance with the procedure of the foundation of the association.
ANNULMENT AND ELIMINATION OF THE ASSOCIATION
Article 19 - The General Board of the Association can always decide the
annulment of the association. For General Board to decide the annulment of the
Association, at least two third of the members and delegates who have the right
to participate in the general board according to the statute should attend to
the meeting. If this majority cannot be obtained in the first meeting members
and delegates are called for the second meeting. Whatever the number of the
participants of the second meeting the subject of annulment can be discussed.
However, by all means the decision of annulment should be given with the
majority of two third of the members and delegates attending to the meeting.
When the General Board decides to the annulment of the Association this is
notified to the biggest civilian authority of the place by the administrative
board in written form in five days. If the General Board makes the annulment
decision, an elimination committee consisting of three is assigned for the
elimination of the property, money and rights of the association. This
committee is authorized and in charge of entirely completing the operations of
the elimination of property, money and rights of the association in accordance
with the legislation. In the case of annulment the whole property, money and
rights of the association is transferred to another association or institution
appropriate for the purpose.
DEFICIENCY OF PROVISION
Article 20 - In the states of deficiency of provision in the association
statute, Law of Associations and Civil Code and provisions about the
associations of other related legislation are implemented.
THE FOUNDERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
Article 21 - The nationality of all of the first founders of the
association is Turkish and the identity information is stated below.
Provisional Clause: In the first general board, the members of the provisional
administrative board that will represent the Association, accept the exchange
of letters in the name of the Association until the organs of the association
are established, are as follows:
