Member Relations and Registry Directorate

Member Relations and Registry Directorate

The Directorate carries out membership procedures related to companies qualified as industrial enterprises within the framework of Law No. 5174 and the Chamber Transactions Regulation. It also maintains up-to-date records by registering changes related to members’ status. In accordance with Law No. 5174, the Directorate conducts the necessary inspections regarding companies determined to have lost their industrial qualifications and ensures the cancellation of their Chamber registrations.

Definition of an Industrialist

Definition of an Industrialist Pursuant to Article 5 of Law No. 5174

For the purposes of this Law, industrialists are defined as enterprises that create added value by processing raw materials, semi-finished or finished products through the use of motive power such as benches, equipment, and machinery in order to partially or completely alter their characteristics, content, composition, or form and produce new products in serial or standardized form; operators engaged in the extraction and processing of underground resources; and producers of information technologies and software, provided that they employ at least ten workers.

Provisions Regarding Registration

Application for Registration

All natural and legal persons who have completed the legal requirements in accordance with the provisions of the Turkish Commercial Code and the Trade Registry Regulation, registered their industrial enterprises with the Trade Registry Directorate, and whose headquarters and/or factories are located within the provincial borders of Ankara are required to register with the Ankara Chamber of Industry.

Documents Required for Registration

Natural or legal persons holding industrialist status and having completed their registration procedures with the Trade Registry Directorate must submit the following documents to the Chamber’s Registry Directorate for application purposes.

You may submit your Chamber registration documents online via the link below:

Online Membership Registration

In provinces where a Chamber of Industry has been established, industrialists fulfill their obligation to register with the Chamber of Commerce by registering with the Chamber of Industry. Commercial activities carried out by industrial enterprise owners as a requirement of their industrial operations do not eliminate their industrialist status; however, they may also register with the Chamber of Commerce if they wish.

Ex Officio Registration

Industrialists who fail to fulfill their legal obligation to register with the Chamber within one month from the date of commencement of business activities shall be registered ex officio by the Chamber, and the relevant parties shall be notified accordingly.

Notification of Changes

Persons obliged to register with the Chambers are required to notify their registered Chamber within one month of any changes in their status that must be registered and announced pursuant to the Turkish Commercial Code.

Deregistration of Records

Members may request the cancellation of their Chamber registration by submitting the Trade Registry Gazette indicating the deletion of their Trade Registry records.

The registrations of Chamber of Industry members who are determined, either upon application or ex officio, to have lost their industrialist status shall be deleted from the Chamber records.

Documents Issued by the Registry Services Directorate

Certificate of Activity

This document certifies the production activities of companies. It is particularly used in public procurement tenders, visa procedures requested by foreign consulates, bank loan and leasing transactions, and trademark registration processes.

Certificate of Partnership

This document certifies the shareholders or partners of a company. It is not issued by the Chamber for joint-stock companies. Joint-stock companies may obtain this document from the Trade Registry Directorate.

Tender Status Certificate

This document indicates whether companies fall within the scope of subparagraph (g) of the fourth paragraph of Article 10 of the Public Procurement Law No. 4734.

Registry Record Copy

This document certifies that our industrialist members are registered with the Chamber and is prepared for submission to relevant authorities. The document is issued based on the information and records available in the Chamber’s registry files.

Certification of Bağ-Kur Documents

Upon request by company owners and partners, the Directorate certifies Bağ-Kur forms related to cessation of business, health insurance, death benefits, registration declarations, and retirement pension documents, or issues documents certifying that the insured person continues business activities, for submission to the Provincial Directorate of Bağ-Kur.

Certification of Mastership and Apprenticeship Certificates

This service involves certifying the documents required for employees of our registered member companies to take mastership and apprenticeship examinations and obtain the relevant certificates.

Identity Cards

Chamber Assembly Identity Card
Identity card issued to Assembly members.

Committee Identity Card
Identity card issued to members of professional committees.

Industrialist Identity Card
Identity card issued to company partners and individuals authorized to represent and bind companies.

Chamber Membership Certificate
Plaque prepared for display at the workplaces of our registered members.

The Directorate carries out activities and procedures aimed at ensuring coordination and undertaking the necessary initiatives to resolve the issues and demands of members and the industrial sectors.

The Directorate serves as the first point of contact for members regarding their requests and problems.

Other Responsibilities of the Directorate

• Managing and maintaining communication with members
• Evaluating member expectations and feedback and carrying out related processes
• Conducting activities aimed at resolving member requests and issues through coordination with relevant departments and institutions; creating databases and preparing reports regarding such requests and issues
• Developing strategies to increase member loyalty; planning and implementing member relations programs, events, and campaigns
• Maintaining communication with members ranked in lists and evaluations prepared by various institutions
• Monitoring lobbying activities carried out for Ankara industry, playing a developmental role in such activities, and regularly reporting activities and outcomes to senior management

Contact Information

Address: Atatürk Boulevard No: 193 Kavaklıdere / Ankara
Phone: +90 (312) 417 12 00 / 1109-1113-1203
Fax: +90 (312) 417 52 05
E-mail: sicil@aso.org.tr, uyeiliskileri@aso.org.tr