Announcement from the Bartın Central District Election Board Chairmanship
In accordance with the procedures and principles set out in Law No. 5174, Articles 83 and 84 of this Law, and the Regulation on the Elections of the Organs of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye, the elections for the Professional Committee, Assembly Members, and the Chairman and Principal and Substitute Members of the Board of Directors of the Bartın Chamber of Commerce and Industry will be held in compliance with the instructions of our Chairmanship set out below.
1-a) The election of the Principal and Substitute Members of the Professional Committee and the Principal and Substitute Members of the Assembly of the Bartın Chamber of Commerce and Industry will be held on Saturday, October 17, 2026, between 09:00 and 17:00, at Bartın Cumhuriyet Secondary School, located at Kırtepe Mahallesi, Arifler Sokak No:19, Merkez/Bartın.
b) Following the finalization of the Assembly elections, the elections for the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bartın Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the 7 principal and 6 substitute members of the Board of Directors, and the Disciplinary Board will be held with the members so determined on Saturday, October 24, 2026, between 11:30 and 14:30. Should the candidates for Chairman of the Board of Directors receive an equal number of votes in the first round, a second round of voting for the Chairmanship of the Board of Directors will be held between 15:30 and 17:00. The elections will take place in the Board of Directors Meeting Hall of the Bartın Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
2- Following approval by our Chairmanship, the lists of the 12 Professional Groups will be posted on the 2nd Floor of the Chamber Service Building on Monday, September 28, 2026, Tuesday, September 29, 2026 and Wednesday, September 30, 2026, between 08:00 and 17:00.
3- Interested parties may review the lists and, only with regard to matters concerning themselves or their own companies, object, together with their documents and within the days the lists are posted, to the Bartın Central District Election Board Chairmanship, which serves at AZ06 on the Ground Floor of Block B of the Bartın Courthouse, located at Gölbucağı Mahallesi, 565. Sokak, Merkez/Bartın, if their names or titles are misspelled or omitted, or if they have not been included in the lists although they have the right to vote and to be elected.
Objections made under Article 84 of Law No. 5174 shall be decided within 2 days at the latest. An objection may be filed with the Provincial Election Board within 3 days from the date of notification of this decision. The decision to be given by the Provincial Election Board within 3 days is final. Thus, the lists will become final. The finalized lists will be posted for 3 full working days at the Service Building of the Bartın Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
4- 13 ballot boxes will be set up for the Professional Committee and Assembly Membership elections. The polling area will be Bartın Cumhuriyet Secondary School, and the locations of the ballot boxes will be shown in detail at the entrance of the school.
5- The numbers of principal and substitute members to be elected to the professional committee and assembly membership for each group will be announced at the building entrance together with the lists.
6- Article 81/5 of the Law on the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye and Chambers and Commodity Exchanges No. 5174, as amended by Article 30 of Law No. 6353, provides that "natural persons who are representatives of legal entities must present, at the time of voting, a registry certificate obtained from MERSIS stating that they have the authority to represent and perform binding transactions pursuant to the registered articles of association of the legal entity they represent, or an authorization document obtained from the Trade Registry Directorate within the previous 90 days. A photocopy of the registry certificate presented shall be submitted to the chairman of the ballot box where the vote is cast." Within the framework of the above-mentioned legislation, for the organ elections of the Bartın Chamber of Commerce and Industry to be held on October 17, 2026, when the Trade Registry Directorate issues authorization documents to natural person representatives of legal entities;
*Whether they are authorized to represent and bind (perform binding transactions),
*Whether the authority of representation and binding acts (ilzam) is still in effect,
*Whether the authority of representation and binding acts (ilzam) was granted at least 6 months before the date of the election,
*Where there is more than one representative authorized to represent and bind the company, an authorization certificate shall be issued in the name of the person specified in the petition to be submitted to the Trade Registry Directorate, and the certificate must include the Turkish Republic ID number of the person named in it. Following examination of these matters under the relevant legislation, an authorization certificate stating that they are entitled to vote in the Chamber's organ elections will be issued.
7- The principal candidates for the professional committee are written at the top of the ballot paper and the substitute member candidates for the professional committee are written below them separately. The principal and substitute assembly member candidates are indicated on the same list, written next to the principal professional committee candidates. The combined ballot paper prepared in this way is placed in a single envelope and cast into the ballot box. No sequence numbers are placed next to the candidates' names; if any have been placed, they do not indicate an order of preference. In the Professional Committee and Assembly Membership elections, it is mandatory to write the titles of legal entities nominated as candidates. In the Board of Directors and Disciplinary Board elections, the name of the actual representative of the legal entity will be written on the ballot papers.
8- At the end of the election, the results will be recorded in minutes signed by the Chairperson and Members of the Election Ballot Box Committee, and a copy of the minutes will be posted at the election venue. The provisional election results will be announced on the 2nd Floor of the Chamber's Service Building for one full working day (Monday, 19 October 2026).
9- Actions taken during the election and objections to the election results filed within the announcement period will be examined and decided by our Judgeship on the same day, and the decision will be announced by posting it at the Chamber's service building for one full working day (Tuesday, 20 October 2026).
10- An objection to this decision may be filed with the Provincial Election Board within the announcement period. The decision of the Provincial Election Board is final (Wednesday, 21 October 2026).
11- The names of the authorized representatives of the legal entities elected to the Professional Committee and Assembly membership will be notified to the Chamber. (Friday, 23 October 2026)
12- The elections for the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the Principal and Substitute Members of the Board of Directors, and the Principal and Substitute Members of the Disciplinary Board will be held on Saturday, 24 October 2026,
In accordance with the letter of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) dated 31.08.2026 and numbered 34221550-3424, the election of the Principal and Substitute Delegates of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye will not be held. This matter is hereby announced to those concerned.