Joint Stock Company Branch

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

New Registration Request Petition
Legal Entities Registration Declaration
(For registration with the Chamber)
Two photographs of each branch manager
Notarized Board of Directors Resolution on the opening of the branch
(1 original – 2 photocopies)

-Resolutions adopted electronically do not need to be separately certified by a notary.
For branches whose opening is subject to the permission or favourable opinion of a Ministry or public institutions, the letter of such permission or favourable opinion
Specimen signature/signature declaration of the branch manager(s)
(If no signature record is held in the databases of public institutions and organisations or the record cannot be obtained, the signatures of the persons concerned are submitted to the directorate either by having them physically notarised or by making a written declaration at any Trade Registry Directorate.) (1 original)

The specimen signatures of persons added as authorized signatories with a new identity card are obtained electronically from the General Directorate of Population and Citizenship Affairs (NVİ) and recorded in the MERSİS database. A physical signature declaration will not be requested from authorized persons in this situation. (Ministry Circular No. 72558467 dated 4/3/2022)
Written declarations by branch managers who are not shareholders stating that they accept this duty
A "Authority Acceptance Procedures" module has been created and put into operation in MERSİS so that the authority acceptance procedures of persons authorised to sign on behalf of the company/business can be carried out electronically. If authority has been accepted electronically via MERSİS, a physical authority acceptance document will not be requested. (Ministry Circular No. 72558467 dated 4/3/2022)
If the Board of Directors resolutions do not bear the signature of the chairman or deputy chairman, a document (notarial notice) showing that a request was made under Article 392/7 of the Turkish Commercial Code must be submitted together with the resolution