Creative Minds Academy Association

The name of the Association is “Yaratıcı Zihinler Akademisi Derneği” (Creative Minds Academy Association). Its headquarters is located in Amasya, Türkiye. The association may open branches both domestically and internationally.

The Association is established to generate creative, entrepreneurial, and innovative solutions to individuals' education, employment, culture, art, environment, and social cohesion challenges, and to develop, disseminate, and implement inclusive, sustainable educational models and socially responsive socio-cultural support systems. Key Action Areas (1-20): Conducting research; organizing courses, seminars, conferences, and workshops; publishing books, journals, and bulletins; engaging in international cooperation and joining international networks (Item 11); running joint projects with public institutions (Item 12); promoting lifelong learning, certification of competencies, and employability (Item 18); empowering disadvantaged groups including the elderly, women, individuals with special needs, children, and displaced persons (Item 19); and implementing education, awareness, research, and project activities on environmental protection, sustainable living, climate action, energy efficiency, and renewable energy (Item 20). Field of Activity: The Association operates domestically and internationally in the fields of education and research.

Every natural and legal person with legal capacity who embraces the aims and principles of the association has the right to become a member. Written membership applications submitted to the presidency are decided upon by the Board of Directors within at most 30 days. Individuals providing significant material or moral support may be accepted as Honorary Members by Board decision.

Every member has the right to resign from the association by submitting a written notice. Resignation takes effect once the petition reaches the Board of Directors, without extinguishing accumulated dues owed to the association.

Grounds for termination of membership: acting contrary to the statute, persistently avoiding assigned duties, failing to pay membership dues within 6 months despite written warnings, not complying with decisions of association bodies, or losing eligibility criteria.

The official bodies of the Association are: 1- General Assembly, 2- Board of Directors, 3- Audit Board.

The General Assembly is the supreme decision-making body of the association. Ordinary General Assembly meetings are held once every 3 years in June. Members are notified at least 15 days in advance via the association's website, newspaper, email, or written notice.

Unless decided otherwise, voting in the General Assembly is conducted by open ballot. Decisions are taken by simple majority of participating members, except for statute amendments and dissolution which require a 2/3 majority.

The General Assembly elects the association bodies, amends the statute, approves the budget and audit reports, authorizes international memberships and activities, decides on opening branches, and exercises supreme authority.

The Board of Directors consists of 5 full and 5 substitute members elected by the General Assembly (President, Vice President, Secretary General, Treasurer, and Board Member). It represents the association, manages finances, implements projects and General Assembly decisions, and decides on membership applications.

The Audit Board consists of 3 full and 3 substitute members elected by the General Assembly. It audits the association's activities, books, accounts, and compliance at intervals not exceeding one year.

Revenue sources include: 1- Membership dues (100 TRY entry fee, 20 TRY monthly fee), 2- Branch contributions, 3- Voluntary donations and grants from natural and legal persons, 4- Event revenues, 5- Asset revenues, 6- Fundraising campaigns, 7- Commercial enterprise revenues, 8- Other grants and project funds.

Books are kept on an operating account basis (or balance sheet basis if statutory thresholds are exceeded), including the Resolution Book, Member Registry Book, Document Registry Book, and Operating Account Ledger, with an annual Operating Account Statement prepared every December 31.

Revenues are collected via Official Receipt Certificates (EK-17) or bank receipts. Expenditures are documented via invoices, expense vouchers (EK-13), or bank statements. All financial documents are archived for at least 5 years.

The Annual Association Declaration (EK-21) covering the previous year's activities and financial results is approved by the Board of Directors and submitted to the civil administration authority within the first four months (January–April) of each calendar year.

General Assembly results, real estate acquisitions, address or board changes, and statute amendments are notified to the civil authority within 30 days. Foreign grants/aid must be declared in advance (EK-4) and received through bank accounts.

Internal audits are conducted at least once a year by the Audit Board, and independent external audit firms may also be commissioned for project and institutional audits.

The Association may borrow with a Board of Directors decision when needed to carry out its activities, provided that such liabilities do not exceed revenue capacity or cause insolvency.

The Association may open branches where deemed necessary by decision of the General Assembly through a Founders Board of at least three persons authorized by the Board of Directors.

Branches are internal bodies of the association empowered to carry out autonomous activities aligned with the association's objectives.

Branch bodies consist of the Branch General Assembly, Board of Directors (5 full, 5 substitute), and Audit Board (3 full, 3 substitute).

Branches must complete their ordinary general assembly meetings at least two months prior to the Headquarters General Assembly.

The Association may open representative offices by decision of the Board of Directors to carry out activities where needed.

Statute amendments are made by a 2/3 majority vote of participating members in the General Assembly via open ballot.

The General Assembly may decide on dissolution with a 2/3 majority vote. Liquidation is carried out by the Liquidation Board formed by the last Board of Directors.

For matters not specified in this statute, the Law on Associations, the Turkish Civil Code, the Regulation on Associations, and relevant legislation shall apply.