FIRST SECTION

Name, Purpose and the Field of Activity of the Society

ARTICLE 1 – A Society has been founded on 18 01 1990 whose headquarters is located in Ankara under the name of “Sociology Society”. The Society has earned the “Society that operates to the Advantage of the Public” in accordance with the Decision of the Board of Directors No. 99/12 405 on 10 02 1999. The headquarters of the Society is located at: Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak Caddesi 9/7 Beşevler – ANKARA.

ARTICLE 2 – The Purposes and the Fields of Activities of the Society

The Purposes and the Fields of Activity of the Society are the contribution to the understanding, development and spreading of Sociology in Turkey, to carry out scientific activities and to make publications in this field and to provide union and solidarity among the persons who are dealing with the Social Science.

The Society may set up economical enterprises in the direction of the purposes of the Society.

The Society has no branch. However, the Society may set up Representation offices in those places where it deems it necessary to conduct the activities of the Society. The Representation offices are not represented in the General Assemblies of the Society. The addresses of the Representation offices, the name or the names of the representative person or persons who are given the duty of Representation by the decision of the Board of Directors are informed to the administrative authorities of that location in writing.

The Society, may carry out international activities or cooperations, may open up Representation offices in foreign countries, may set up a Society / Societies or superior organizations in foreign countries or may participate in the Societies or organizations that have been st up abroad.

The Society, may receive material assistance from Societies with similar purposes, political parties, unions of the workers, employers and the officials and from the professional organizations.

The Society, may carry out joint projects that fall in to the areas of duties of the Society with the public organizations and enterprises. The Society, may receive material assistance or assistance in cash from the public organizations and enterprises in these projects at a rate of the fifty percent of the project costs.

The Society, may receive material assistance or assistance in cash from persons, organizations and enterprises that take place abroad provided that such assistances are informed previously to the administrative authorities.

The receiving of the material assistances through the banks is obligatory.

The Society, may form platforms in those areas that are in connection to its purposes and in those areas that are not prohibited by law with the decision of the authorized organs with the Societies, unions, chambers, foundations, associations and the similar civilian society organizations.

ARTICLE 3 – Conditions and the Ways of Operation of the Society

The Society carries out the following activities in order to realize the above specified purposes:

a). To carry out researches in the field of Social Sciences,
b). To carry out cooperations with the close discipline and scientific areas and with the organizations that are in connection to these close discipline and scientific areas in the direction of its purposes,
c). To arrange and to carry out similar activities like the congresses, seminars, conferences and open debates with Scientific qualifications,
d). To assist the finding of solutions to the problems of the Social Scientists in relation to their professions,
e). To affect publications in our country for the purpose of the earning of an effective and common identification in the Social Sciences in our country,
f). To provide complimentary scholarships to the students who have limited resources and who are successful in the field of the Social Sciences and who are in the process of graduate or the post graduate levels that correspond at least to 10 % of the revenue of the Society.

ARTICLE 4 – The Founding Members of the Society are the following named persons

SECOND SECTION

ARTICLE 5 – Society Membership

There are two varieties of the Members of the Society where these are the primary and the Voluntary Members.

ARTICLE 6 – The following conditions are valid for becoming a Primary Member of the Society

A – To have the rights of citizenship and the actual legal licence and to have completed the age 18 and to have obtained the right to reside in Turkey within the frame of the laws.
B - To have obtained the graduate diploma in the science branch of Sociology from any one domestic or foreign universities,
C – To be academic staff or the assistant academic staff in the science branch of Sociology,
D – To be recognised with his publications, researches or works as a Social Science staff,
E – To accept to pay the entrance fee for the Membership that has been determined by the General Assembly and to accept to pay the annual fee installments.

Those persons or the legal persons that comply with one of the conditions, become the Members of the Society by the decision of the Board of Directors upon the proposal of two Members. The President of the Board of Directors of the legal personality that becomes a Member or the person who will be given the duty of representation by the President of the Board of Directors of the legal personality that becomes a Member has a right to use a vote in the General Assembly. The person who will use the right to vote will be re-determined upon termination of the duty of presidency or the representation of the person.

The Duties and the Authorities of the Primary Members:

To participate in the Ordinary and Extra Ordinary General Assemblies, to have proposals in the General Assemblies.

To perform the duties that have been given by the General Assembly and the Board of Directors within the frame of the provisions of the regulations.

To elect the primary and the reserve Members of the Board of Directors, Honorary Board and the Board of Auditors or to conduct such duties in case of being elected for such missions.

The Members of the Society have equal rights. Each Member has the right to use one vote in the General Assembly. The Member is obliged to use his / her vote in person.

The Member who leaves the Society or the person who is made to leave the Society can not claim any right in the inventory and the entities of the Society.

ARTICLE 7 – To become a Voluntary Member in the Society

Those persons who have served in the field of Social Science or in the close disciplines in compliance with the purposes of the Society may take up such title by the decision of the Board of Directors. Such Members have no right to vote in the General Assembly.

ARTICLE 8 – Entrance to the Society as a Member

Those persons who would like to become a primary Member in the Society apply to the Presidency of the Board of Directors by completing the necessary documents that are to be determined by the Board of Directors.

The wishes of these persons are evaluated by the Board of Directors. Those persons whose applications are accepted are recorded on the “Primary Member” Log Book.

ARTICLE 9 – The Termination of the Society Membership

The Society Membership of those persons who lose their qualifications that are sought for in the law or in the regulations for the Society Membership later on terminate in automatic manner. Apart from these, the leaving of the Society Membership happen in two manners :

a) Resignation: Every Member of the Society who wishes to leave may leave the Membership by the way of resignation.
b) To be made to leave: Those Members who carry out activities that have been prohibited in the Law on Societies, who give harm to the legal personality of the Society in oral form or in writing, who insist in not paying the annual fee of the Society are made to leave the Society Membership by the decision of the Honorary Board and by the approval of the Board of Directors upon the proposal of the President of the Society or upon the proposal of any one of the Member of the Society.

THIRD SECTION

ARTICLE 10 – Organs of the Society

a). General Assembly
b). Board of Directors
c). Board of Auditors
d). Honorary Board
e). Representation

The Society, may form boards like the Scientific and Consultancy Board, Ethical Board, etc. jointly with the Members of the other scientific and the professional organizations that carry out activities that are in the direction of the purposes of the Society with the decison of the Board of Directors and with the participation of its Members. The duties, authorizations and the responsibilities of the obligatory organs that have been mentioned in the lines a, b, c, d and e herein above can not be assigned.

ARTICLE 11 – General Assembly

1 – The Society assembles its Ordinary General Assembly on a day that is in the month of April in every two years;
2 - The Society assembles its Extra Ordinary General Assembly in those instances that are deemed to be necessary by the Board of Directors or by the Board of Auditors or upon the written demand of the one fifth of the Society Members.

The Ordinary General Assembly may be extended for a period of one year due to the obligatory reasons that are to be determined by the Board of Directors or by the Board of Auditors of the Society even though the assembling of the Ordinary General Assembly is to be affected latest in every two years. The case is notified to the Members by specifying the reasons of such extension.

The date and the place of assembling of the delayed General Assembly are notified once more to the Members within the methods of general notification of the General Assemblies.

The assembling of the delayed General Assembly that has been extended once can not be extended once more.

The General Assembly is called upon for assembling by the Board of Directors of the Society.

The judge of the local civil law court gives the duty of assembling the General Assembly to a committee that comprises of three persons that take place among the Members of the Society by arranging a hearing upon the application of the Board of Auditors or the one of the Members that demand the assembling the General Assembly, in case the Board of Directors do not call for the assembling the General Assembly within one month following the call of the Board of Auditors or upon the written demand of the one fifth of the Society Members.

ARTICLE 12 – Call Method

The Board of Directors arranges the list of the Members that have the right to participate in the General Assembly in accordance with the regulations of the Society. Those Members who will attend the General Assembly are called upon for participating the Assembly within at least 15 days beforehand by letter or by announcing in a local newspaper by specifying the day, hour and the agenda of the Assembly. In this call, it is to be also specified that the second Assembly will assembly will assemble on which day, in case majority can not be provided in the first trial. The period of time that is to be left in between the first Assembly and the the second Assembly can not be less than one week.

ARTICLE 13 – Location of the Assembly

The General Assembly meetings are made at a location where the headquarters of the Society takes place or at a location that are to be determined by the Board of Directors provided that such information is notified to the Members fifteen days beforehand at the latest.

ARTICLE 14 – The Majority / Sufficiency for the Assembly

The General Assembly assembles by the participation of the no. of the half of the Members plus one Member that have the right to attend the General Assembly in accordance with the regulations of the Society.

No Majority is sought for in the second Assembly, in case the Majority can not be provided in the first Assembly. However, the no. of Members who attend this second Assembly can not be less than two times the total no. of the integer figure of the Members of the Board of Directors and the Board of Auditors of the Society.

ARTICLE 15 – The Method of Assembling of the Assembly

The General Assembly meetings of the Society, is affecteed on the day, hour and the location that have been notified to the most superior administrative authority of the location where the Assembly will take place and as informed in the announcement.

Those Members who will attend the General Assembly, enter the location of the Assembly by putting their signatures against their names that take place in the list that is to be arranged by the Board of Directors.

The Assembly is opened by the President of the Board of Directors or by one of the Members of the Board of Directors who is given the duty by the President of the Board of Directors upon determining the case, in case the full integer majority of the attendants that has been specified in the Article No. 14 has been met.

The not attending of the Commissary of the Government to the Assembly does not necessitate the Assembly to be suspended.

A President of the Assembly and sufficient no. of acting presidents together with clerks after the opening to manage the Assembly.

The management of the Assembly is on the account of the President of the General Assembly. The clerks arrange the minutes of the Assembly and they sign the the minutes of the Assembly together with the President of the General Assembly.

All the minutes and the documents are given to the Board of Directors at the end of the Assembly.

ARTICLE 16 – The Subjects that are to be discussed in the Assembly

Only the articles that take place in the agenda are discussed in the General Assembly. However, the being discussed in the agenda of the subjects that are desired to be discussed by at least one tenth of the Members that are present in the Assembly is obligatory.

ARTICLE 17 – The Formation and the Duties of the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is elected by secret vote by the General Assembly where the no. of the Members of the Board of Directors comprise of seven each primary Members and seven each reserve Members. The calling upon of the reserve Members to duty is obligatory, in case there happens a void in the Primary Memberships occur.

The Board of Directors perform the following points:

1. To represent the Society or to authorize one or more than one Members of the Society in this regard,
2. The decide upon to open the branches of the Society and to authorize the founders of the branches,
3. To carry out the transactions that are in connection to the Revenue and the Expenditure accounts of the Society and to present the budget pertaining to the future term to the General Assembly upon preparing it,
4. To inform those Members of the Society who are not the Turkish citizens to the most superior administrative authority of the location, in case such persons are accepted to the Membership of the Society,
5. To carry out other duties / works that are given to it by the Decree and the regulations of the Society and to make use of the authorities that have been granted to it.

ARTICLE 18 – The completion of the Members of the Board of Directors with reserve Members

The General Assembly is called upon assembling by the existing Members of the Board of Directors or by the existing Members of the Board of Auditors in case the no. of the Members of the Board of Directors falls below the half of the whole integer no. of the Members even after bringing upon the reserve Members due to the voids within 1 (one) month. The judge of the local civil law court gives the duty of assembling the General Assembly to a committee that comprises of three persons that take place among the Members of the Society by arranging a hearing upon the application of the one of the Members that demand the assembling the General Assembly, in case the call for the assembling the General Assembly is not made.

ARTICLE 19 - Honorary Board

Honorary Board comprises of 3 (three) Members. The 3 (three) each primary members and 3 (three) each reserve Members that have been elected by the General Assembly for a period of 2 (two) years and discusses the status of the Members that act on contrary to the purpose of the Society. The Honorary Board that elects one of the Members as the President, assembles to evaluate the application of the Board of Directors or the application of the Members of the Society. The participation of at least 2 (two) Members is necessary for the Honorary Board to assemble.

ARTICLE 20 - The Formation and the Duties of the Board of Auditors

The Board of Auditors is elected by the General Assembly where the Members of the Board of Auditors are not less than 3 (three) each primary members and 3 (three) each reserve Members. The Board of Auditors is given the duty to examine the transactions and all the log books of the Society and to present its report that it will prepare to the General Assembly.

The Board of Auditors carries out its duties of auditing in accordance with the basic terms and methods as determined in the regulations of the Society and at intervals that do not exceed 6 months and presents the results in the form of a report that it will prepare to the Board of Directors and the General Assembly.

ARTICLE 21 – WorkGroups and the Work Commitees of the Boards

The Board of Directors forms the work groups and the Work Commitees that it deems necessary for the realization of the purpose of the Society. The duties of these groups or the committees terminate upon the completion of the works.

ARTICLE 22 – Planning and the Program Board

The Planning and the Program Board is appointed by the Board of Directors for determining the work priorities and operates in connection to the Board of Directors. The Planning and the Program Board comprises of 5 (five) Members.

FOURTH SECTION

ARTICLE 23 -

A – The Revenues of the Society:

The Revenues of the Society are provided from these resources :

The entrance fee, annual fees, donations, the Revenues that are provided from the researches and the publications, the Revenues that are provided from the entities, all kinds of donations that are to be made by the official and the private organizations and persons and the contributions and the presents.

The Revenues that are to be provided for the purpose of the increasing of the professional and the social solidarity and through the cultural activities.

The contributions in material from Societies with similar purposes, from political parties, from workers’, employers’ and clerks’ unions and from professional organizations.

The contributions in kind and in material that are being provided from the public organizations and enterprises due to projects that are carried out jointly.

The contributions in kind and in material that are being provided from the persons, organizations and enterprises that take place abroad.

The National and the international project preparation and application Revenues:

Those certificates like the vouchers and account extracts that have been issued by the banks are considered as receipts (in lieu of the receipts), in case the Revenues of the Society are collected through banks.

The reservation period of the receipt documents and the expenditure documents is 5 (five) years.

The annual fees are re-determined at each General Assembly meeting by the General Assembly.

B – The Expenditures of the Society:

Board of Directors affects the expenditures of the Society in the direction of the purposes of the Society and in compliance with the budget of the Society as approved by the General Assembly.

ARTICLE 24 -

Obligatory Log Books :

The Society keeps the below written log books within the frame of the Law on Societies and the regulations.

• Member Record Log Book
• Decision Log Book of the Board of Directors
• Incoming and Outgoing Documents Log Book
• Revenue and Expenditure Log Book
• Bütçe, Kesin Hesap ve Bilanço Log Book
• Inventory Log Book
• Receipt Certificate Record Log Book

ARTICLE 25 – The changing of the Regulations and the Tüzüğün Değiştirilmesi ve Fesih

The Regulations may be changed with the approval of at least the two thirds of the Members that attend the Ordinary General Assemblies or the Extra Ordinary General Assemblies. The General Assembly may decide the annulment of the activities of the Society with a majority of the two thirds of the Members that attend the Ordinary General Assembly. Under such circumstance, the entities of the Society are assigned to the Red Crescent General Headquarters.

ARTICLE 26 – Validity

The old provisions of this Regulations that have been arranged in accordance with the Law on Societies No. 2908 dated 06 10 1983 have been lifted from being valid and the new provisions of this Regulations that have been changed in accordance with the Law on Societies No. 5253 have been made valid. This regulations become valid / enforceable with its new provisions with the affirmative vote of the General Assembly meeting that is made on 16 04 2005 and upon approving of the Ankara Governorship.

The provisions of the Law on Societies No. 5253 and the provisions of the Civil Law are applied on those points that are not covered within the articles of this regulations.

The Status of being a Society that operates to the benefit of the Public:

The Sociology Society, whose being a Society that operates to the benefit of the Public that has been approved by the decision No. 99/12405 of the Board of Ministers dated 10 02 1999, is liable of the applying of also the provisions of all the laws and the Regulations that have been foreseen for the Societies that take place in such status that are neot covered within the Regulations of the Society itself.

The Board of Directors is responsible of applying this Regulations.