Head Office of the Commercial Businesses That are Located Outside of Turkey
Opening of a Branch in Turkey
REGISTRATION
1. Petition ( It should be signed by the authorized signatory of the branch, it should be attached the original of the proxy or the approved copy of the proxy if the petition is signed by the procuration, the tax office that the branch will be depended on it should be indicated, the petition should contain the document list on its annex). The title, the capital, the center and the opening date of the branch and the core business at the opening date with NACE Code should be manifested in the petition and these informations should be confirmed. The responsibility belongs to the person or people who signed the petition if the informations are disproved that should be written clearly on the petition.
2. The founding declaration form ( 4 copies )
3. The chamber registration declaration ( it should be signed by the authorities and should include the authorities pictures )
4. The certified copy of the document which contains the current trade registry of the head office and its Turkish translation. And the certified copy of the corporate charter for the companies and its Turkish translation ( The document must be confirmed by the Turkish Consulate and the notaries in the country where the subject of the company or according to the contract provisions of the abolition of the obligation of affirmation of the foreign official documents. Hereafter the document and Turkish translation of a notarized one must be given to the registry office ).
5. The decision is related opening a branch and an appointment of the plenipotentiary, who residents in Turkey, of the branch by the central authorised body ( 4 copies ) ( The decision must be confirmed by the Turkish Consulate and the notaries in the country where the subject of the company or according to the contract provisions of the abolition of the obligation of affirmation of the foreign official documents. Hereafter the document and Turkish translation of a notarized one must be given to the registry office ).
6. The title, the type, the operation field, the capital type and the capital sum, the founding date, the registration number, the nationality law, whether a member of the EU, the web site of the head office which will open a branch in Turkey , and the title of the branch and the capital sum which was allocated to the branch, and the name, the surname, the identification number and the settlement of the person or people who are plenipotentiary of the company before the courts, private and public institutions, the original of the signed declaration by the authorities of the head office that the branch is registered to it and the Turkish translation of the signed declaration ( 3 copies )
7. Depending on the decision to open a branch in Turkey, the plenipotentiary or fully authorized people in terms of the courts and private and public institutions for the branch in Turkey, and if the authorisation which is given to them is not specified , the original of the power of attorney and its Turkish translation are held in relation to these issues ( 4 copies ) – ( If the document is held abroad,
The document must be confirmed by the Turkish Consulate and the notaries in the country where the subject of the company or according to the contract provisions of the abolition of the obligation of affirmation of the foreign official documents. Hereafter the document and Turkish translation of a notarized one must be given to the registry office ).
8. The notarized statement of signature of the person or the people who represent the branch under the branch title ( 2 copies )
9. The certified copy of the passport of the foreign manager and if the manager resides in Turkey, the certified a permit of the residence ( at least 1 manager whose settlement in Turkey should be appointmented ).
10. The law of the origin of the country of subject of the head office of the business organization ,an official letter from the competent authority which denotes the documents that its presentation are necessary for the registration of the branch and required qualifications for the registration is fulfilled by the company which will open a branch in addition to that a Turkish translation of the official letter.
- The original of the declaration which is mention in the sixth article, the law of the origin of the country of subject of the head office of the business organization which is appeared 122/a in the Trade Registry Regulation, the official letter from the competent authority is not wanted additionally when required qualifications for the register is fulfilled by the company which will open a branch and is indicated the documents that its presentation are necessary for the registration of the branch.
11. All documents that its presentation are necessary for the branch registration at the source country.
12. An assent letter or permision letter for the branches that its opening are subject to the permission or approval of the ministry or other official institutions.
The important note: The title of the first branches of the foreign companies to be establish in Turkey ”The title of the head office + the country of the head office + the branch of the Gebze Center” should be determined in the form of that.
Example: X Company GBMH Merkezi Almanya Gebze Merkez Şubesi
The word ”Merkez ( Center ) ” is not mentioned for the title of the other branches which will be open after the opening of the central branch.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This translation is not formal, therefore responsibility will not be accepted by Gebze Chamber of Commerce if disputes or problems arise.