Announcement Inviting Members to Check Their Tax Records and Suspension Status

In the context of the Chamber’s Organ Elections to be held in October / November 2026 in accordance with Law No. 5174 on the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye and Chambers and Commodity Exchanges, and the Regulation on the Election of the Organs of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye and Chambers and Commodity Exchanges, it is important that our members pay attention to the following matters.

In order to participate as voters in the elections of the Chamber’s Professional Committees and Assembly, our members must be taxpayers. Therefore, our members are required to check their tax liability status in the Chamber’s records and to correct any incorrect or missing records within the prescribed period.

Applications for the correction of incorrect or missing records must be submitted in writing by the company representative to the Chamber’s General Secretariat during working hours, together with a document obtained from the tax office showing tax liability.

Pursuant to Article 5, titled “Voting Qualifications”, of the Regulation on the Election of the Organs of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye and Chambers and Commodity Exchanges, in order to vote in the elections, members must have been registered with the Chamber for at least two years as of the election date.

Members who have been removed from the Chamber’s professional groups and voter lists because they failed to pay their membership dues to the Chamber for two consecutive years will be able to participate in the elections only if they pay their dues debts, complete the necessary procedures and are removed from suspended status.

The Chamber’s records on our members’ tax liability, length of registration with the Chamber and dues debt status will be open for inspection at the Chamber for 15 days from the date of announcement, every weekday between 08:30 and 17:30.

Within the said period, the Chamber records of members who do not comply with this mandatory provision of the Law and do not check their tax liability records will be deemed to be accurate.

This is announced to our members with due emphasis.