THE BYLAWS
FLORIDA TURKISH CENTER FOUNDATION(“Turk Evi Vakfi”)
THE BYLAWS
1. THE PURPOSE: The purpose of Florida Turkish Center Foundation, Inc. (“The Foundation”) is to purchase or to build a Turkish community center (“Turkish Center”) in South Florida for the use of South Florida Turkish American community, to sell or rent out the existing Turkish Center and use the proceeds from the sale/rent to purchase or build a new Turkish Center in South Florida and, included but not limited to, improve, renovate, repair, maintain, furnish and operate the Turkish Center.
2. THE FUNCTION: The function of The Foundation includes, but not limited to, the following: To increase public knowledge and understanding of Turkish people, language, culture, history and religion; To foster and increase friendship and communication between the American and Turkish communities; To promote the exchange of the arts, culture, music and cuisine between Turkey and the United States.
3. THE BYLAWS: The Foundation shall be managed according to the set of rules defined herein and called “The Bylaws”.
4. PROTECTION: The donations to The Foundation shall not be used for any other purpose than the Turkish Center as defined above. The Bylaws cannot be modified or deleted except to the extend to comply with the local, City, County, State and Federal laws, to change the abbreviations used and to correct typographical errors.
5. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES: The Foundation shall be governed by a board of 11 volunteer trustees (“The Board”). The Board is the sole authority for governing The Foundation including but not limited to the Turkish Center, The Board and the donations to The Foundation. No compensation shall be paid to the members of The Board for their services on The Board.
6. TRANSPARENCY: The Bylaws, the donations and a summary of the financials of The Foundation shall be published on The Foundation’s website. The information on the website shall be updated at least once a year.
7. DISSOLUTION: If The Foundation dissolves, all assets shall be distributed to one or more charitable organization(s) within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or shall be distributed to the federal government, or to a state or local government, for a public purpose.
Below is the Broward County Appraiser's public record for the units RU21,22,23,24 and 25 which forms suite 123, Florida Turkish Center; The deeds can be viewed by clicking number under 'book' column of the 'sales history' section