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UCTEA

TÜRK MÜHENDİS ve MİMAR ODALARI BİRLİĞİ

 UNION OF CHAMBERS OF TURKISH ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS

Atatürk Bulvarı  No : 131 / 9  Bakanlıklar    06640 ANKARA – TÜRKİYE

Tel : (+90312) 418 12 75                Fax : (+90312) 417 48 24

URL :  http://www.tmmob.org.tr        e-mail : tmmob@tmmob.org.tr

April - 2006

BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT UCTEA

(UNION OF CHAMBERS OF TURKISH ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS)

 ESTABLISHMENT AND THE OBJECTIVES

Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (UCTEA) was established in 1954 by the Law 7303 and the Decree-Laws 66 and 85  amending of the Law 6235. UCTEA is a corporate body and a  professional organization defined in the form of a public institution as stated in  the Article 135 of the Constitution.

At the establishment stage, UCTEA had 10 Chambers and  8.000 members. However, as of December 31, 2006, the number of Chambers has increased to 23, while the number of members reached 308.695. 

UCTEA is maintaining its activities with its 23 Chambers, 194 branches of its Chambers and 39 Provincial Coordination Councils. Approximately, graduates of 70 related academic disciplines in engineering, architecture and city planning are members of the Chambers of UCTEA. 

The objectives of UCTEA listed in the Law on the Union are as follows:

·       To separate engineers and architects to professional branches, with the condition of being within the framework of laws and regulations and in accordance  with the present conditions, requirements and possibilities and to also establishes Chambers for the group of engineers and architects, whose professional or working areas are similar or the same. 

·       To satisfy the common needs of engineers and architects, to facilitate the professional activities and to ensure the development of the professions in accordance with the common benefits, to  sustain professional discipline and ethics relations  so as to  ensure  honesty and trust in the relations among colleagues and their relations with public. In addition, UCTEA takes all necessary initiatives and organizes activities aiming to protect interests of public and country; protect environment, historical sites, and cultural heritage; increase agricultural and industrial production; detect, save, and operate the natural resources and contribute to the technical and artistic development of the country.  

·       In issues related with professions and its interests, UCTEA cooperates with official institutions and other organizations, and hence provides help and voices its proposals. It examines entire legislation, norms, scientific specifications and standart contracts and similar and relevant scientific documents related to profession and make suggestions concerning their amendment, improvement or re-application.

Parallel to the relations of its chambers with equivalent institutions, UCTEA is a member of the WFEO- World Federation of Engineering Organizations.  

UCTEA aims to represent the engineers and the architects of our country in professional, economic, social, and cultural areas; protect and improve their rights and interests on the basis of the common interest of our people; ensure their professional, social and cultural development; and provide a common ground to use their professional experiences for the benefit of public. In this respect, it is crucially important to comprehend, interpret, and then inform the public on the social, political, and economic dimensions of the developments in their professional areas and in policies concerning their professions. It is also necessary to prepare suggestions concerning the formulation of such policies for the common benefit of the public and to struggle for the enforcement of them. However, the main condition of such developments is the creation of a democratic and independent Turkey in general terms and the Union is determined to maintain and activate its studies in an integrated approach for the realization of this basic aim.

The Establishment of UCTEA and the Chambers

After the enactment of the Law 6235 on UCTEA, the First General Assembly was gathered between October 18-22, 1954. This General Assembly was constituted by some of the previous delegates of organizations mentioned above. In the first meeting, the regulation of UCTEA was accepted and the establishment of the chambers mentioned below was decided:  Chamber of Electrical Engineers, Chamber of Naval Arch's and Marine Engineers, Chamber of Marine Engineers, Chamber of Surveying Engineers, Chamber of Civil Engineers, Chamber of Chemical Engineers, Chamber of Mining Engineers, Chamber of Mechanical Engineers, Chamber of Architects, Chamber of Forestry Engineers, Chamber of Agricultural Engineers.

The chambers established after the First General Assembly and their establishment dates are as follows:  

Chamber of Marine Engineers in 1960, Chamber of City Planners in 1968; Chamber of Physics Engineers, in 1970; Chamber of Metallurgical Engineers, in 1970; Chamber of Meteorological Engineers, in 1970; Chamber of Petroleum Engineers, in 1970; Chamber of Geological Engineers, in 1974; Chamber of Interior Architects, in 1976; Chamber of Geophysical Engineers, in 1986; Chamber of Environmental Engineers, in 1992; Chamber of Textile Engineers, in1992; Chamber of Landscape Architects, in 1994; and Chamber of Food Engineers, in 1996.

UCTEA was established by ten chambers and with 8.000 members. However, as of December 31, 2006, the number of the chambers has increased to 23, while the number of members reached 308.695. 

THE FUNDAMENTALS AND THE WORKING PERCEPTION 

 Fundamentals

 UCTEA and the member Chambers of the Union; 

·       are professional democratic mass organizations.  

·       are democrat and patriot character

·       are for labor and people.

·       are anti-imperialist and oppose the New World Order theories, racism and reactionism.    

·       Go beyond the narrow definition of politics; and regard every aspect of the life as a part of politics,

·       are for peace.

·       oppose abuses of human rights and encourage the protection of human dignity.

·       protect their organizational independence in any condition; their members and scientific studies are the only sources of their strength  

·       accept that the problems of the profession and the colleagues cannot be separated from the general problems of the people and the country.   

·       implement democratic centralist methods in the formation and implementation of the policies.   

·       are democratic and participatory in the decision-taking processes. 

·       Together with the member Chambers, UCTEA regulates the fields of profession of   engineers, architects and city planners; protects the interest of both its members and people.  

·       determine the current situation of industrialization and democratization and provide policies and proposals for  possible solutions. 

·       make efforts for the democratization of the country.

·       without any hesitation, take part in the efforts for the formation of public opinion

·       are in cooperation with the democratic mass organizations and non-governmental organizations in a democratic way. 

Working Perception 

UCTEA and the member chambers have a working perception on the basis of following norms:

·       UCTEA is not a union of privileged engineers and architects, isolated form the rest of the society; on the contrary, it is a part of the society and in  contact with it.   

·       Instead of narrowing the field of the representative democracy and following formal procedures, UCTEA and member chambers are inclined to make efforts to strengthen mechanisms for open discussion, common production and management.     

·       In contrast with the authoritarian, unchecked, and unquestionable administration methods of the rent capital groups, they encourage to strengthen democracy within organization; in which participation mechanisms other than regular elections are also implemented.      

·       As they are mass organizations rather than being the ones of professionals and specialists, they perform their activities by depending on its organs. 

·       In contrast with the narrow understanding of politics, they are not outside but just in the middle of the politics; do politics any time and in any condition and try to make it the dominant understanding of the entire structure.

·       Their relations with members come before relations with state and the dominant groups; they are hospitable to any cooperation and dialogue with state authorities, yet reject collaborationist approaches.     

·       They reject service production, which causes the deformation of functions of the organization. On the contrary, they make regulations, constitute norm and standards that improve the quality of the services that members provide; and supervise them aiming to serve their progress.     

·       The understanding, which rejects contrasting the dominant group and dominant discourse of theirs, is refused; in the contrary, they ensure the authorization of the members in decision-making and discussions. 

·       They reject the understanding based on  taking a part in the public hierarchy and linking all their activities to that hierarchy. Instead, they aim to sustain and improve the respectful position of the organization in the society; and determine the activities of the organization by internal dynamics and decisions.   

·       In contrast with specialization tendencies, which emphasize more on the feature of being a professional organization rather than being a democratic mass organization; they insist on and enforce the understanding of being a “professional-democratic mass organization”.

·       Rather than only emphasizing on meaningless hierarchic equality, they take the functionality of an institution in the society as the criteria in their relations with any institution and organization.   

·       They do not exclude problems of any of their members. However, as wage earning engineers and the architects constitute the majority of their members, they strengthen their relations with both wage earners and their organizations.  

·       They strengthen international relations of the organization.

·       They observe and understand the world, country and the life itself; and produce and enforce policies accordingly. 

MEMBER CHAMBERS OF UCTEA

Chamber of Agricultural Engineers

The Establishment Date : 1954     The Number of Members : 15.600

Karanfil Sokak   No: 28/19   Kızılay / ANKARA - TÜRKİYE

Tel: (+90312) 425 05 55    Fax: (+90312) 418 51 98

URL: http://www.zmo.org.tr    e-mail: bilgi@zmo.org.tr

Chamber of Architects

The Establishment Date : 1954     The Number of Members : 31.250

Konur Sokak   No: 4/2   Kızılay / ANKARA - TÜRKİYE

Tel:  (+90312)417 37 27   Fax: (+90312) 418 03 61

URL: http://www.mimarlarodasi.org.tr 

e-mail: mimarlarodasi@mimarlarodasi.org.tr

Chamber of Chemical Engineers

The Establishment Date : 1954     The Number of Members : 11.154

Karanfil Sokak No: 19/6   Yenişehir / AN KARA

Tel: (+90312) 417 35 63     Fax:  (+90312)418 20 51

URL: http://www.kmo.org.tr       e-mail: kmo@kmo.org.tr

Chamber of City Planners

The Establishment Date : 1968     The Number of Members : 3.575

Hatay Sokak    No: 24/12   Kızılay / ANKARA - TÜRKİYE

Tel: (+90312) 417 87 70     Fax: (+90312) 417 90 55

URL: http://www.spo.org.tr    e-mail: spo@spo.org.tr

Chamber of Civil Engineers

The Establishment Date : 1954     The Number of Members : 62.284

Necatibey Cad. No:57 Sıhhiye  / ANKARA - TÜRKİYE

Tel: (+90312) 294 30 00   Fax: (+90312) 294 30 88

URL: http://www.imo.org.tr       e-mail: imo@imo.org.tr

Chamber of Electrical Engineers

The Establishment Date : 1954     The Number of Members : 30.125

Meşrutiyrt Cad Kök işhanı No:2 Kat:8 Bakanlıklar / ANKARA - TÜRKİYE

Tel: (+90312) 425 32 72   Fax. (+90312) 417 38 18

URL: http://www.emo.org.tr       e-mail: emo@emo.org.tr

Chamber of Environmental Engineers

The Establishment Date : 1992     The Number of Members : 4.116

Meşrutiyet Mahallesi Konur 2 sokakak 34/4 Kızılay / ANKARA - TÜRKİYE

Tel: (+90312) 419 80 71   Fax: (+90312) 419 80 74

URL: http://www.cmo.org.tr       e-mail: cmo@cmo.org.tr

Chamber of Food Engineers

Sümer 2 Sokak   No: 36/15   Yenişehir / ANKARA – TÜRKİYE

The Establishment Date : 1996     The Number of Members : 6.862

Tel: (+90312) 232 40 39    Fax:  (+90312) 232 40 57

URL: http://www.gidamo.org.tr       e-mail: gidamo@gidamo.org.tr

Chamber of Forestry Engineers

The Establishment Date : 1954     The Number of Members : 8.096

Necatibey Caddesi   No: 16/13   Sıhhiye / ANKARA - TÜRKİYE

Tel: (+90312) 229 20 09    Fax: (+90312) 229 86 33

URL: http://www.ormuh.org.tr    e-mail: ormuh@ormuh.org.tr

Chamber of Geological Engineers

The Establishment Date : 1974     The Number of Members : 10.617

Bayındır Sokak   No: 7/7   Yenişehir / ANKARA - TÜRKİYE

Tel: (+90312) 432 30 85   Fax: (+90312) 434 23 88

URL: http://www.jmo.org.tr       e-mail: jmo@jmo.org.tr

Chamber of Geophysical Engineers

The Establishment Date : 1986     The Number of Members : 2.980

Milli Müdafa Caddesi   No: 10/7   Kızılay / ANKARA - TÜRKİYE

Tel: (+90312) 418 82 69   Fax: (+90312) 418 83 64

URL: http://www.jeofizik.org.tr       e-mail: info@jeofizik.org.tr

Chamber of Interior Architects

The Establishment Date : 1976     The Number of Members :  1.175

Turan Güneş Bulvarı 4. Cadde 71. Sokak No:18/3 / ANKARA - TÜRKİYE

Tel: (+90312) 441 05 96    Fax: (+90312) 441 05 98

URL: http://www.icmimarlar.org.tr     e-mail: bilgi@icmimarlar.org.tr

Chamber of Landscape Architects

The Establishment Date : 1994     The Number of Members : 2.386

Şehit Adem Yavuz Sokak  No: 14/17   Kızılay / ANKARA - TÜRKİYE

Tel: (+90312) 419 64 27        Fax: (+90312) 418 15 06

URL: http://www.peyzajmimoda.org.tr    

e-mail: peyzaj@peyzajmimoda.org.tr

Chamber of Marine Engineers

The Establishment Date : 1960     The Number of Members : 1.012

Caferağa Mah. Damga Sokak, İffet Gülhan İş Merkezi No: 9 /7   

 Kadıköy / İSTANBUL - TÜRKİYE

Tel: (+90216) 348 81 44   Fax: (+90216)  348 81 06

URL: http://www.gemimo.org.tr       e-mail: gemimo@gemimo.org.tr

Chamber of Mechanical Engineers

The Establishment Date : 1954     The Number of Members : 62.098

Sümer2 Sokak   No: 36/1-A   Demirtepe / ANKARA

Tel:  (+90312) 231 31 59   Fax: (+90312) 231 31 65

URL: http://www.mmo.org.tr       e-mail: mmo@mmo.org.tr

Chamber of Metallurgical Engineers

The Establishment Date : 1970     The Number of Members : 3.196

Hatay Sokak   No: 10/9   Kızılay / ANKARA - TÜRKİYE

Tel: (+90312) 425 41 60   Fax: (+90312) 418 93 43

URL: http://www.metalurji.org.tr       e-mail: metaloda@ttnet.net.tr

Chamber of Meteorological Engineers

The Establishment Date : 1970     The Number of Members : 491

Bayındır2 Sokak   No: 49/16   Kızılay / ANKARA - TÜRKİYE

Tel:  (+90312) 419 56 04   Fax: (+90312) 419 57 05

URL: http://www.meteoroloji.org.tr    e-mail: yonetim@meteoroloji.org.tr

Chamber of Mining Engineers

The Establishment Date : 1954     The Number of Members : 8.626

Selanik Caddesi   No: 19/3   Yenişehir / AN KARA - TÜRKİYE

Tel: (+90312) 425 10 80   Fax: (+90312)417 52 90

URL: http://www.maden.org.tr       e-mail: maden@maden.org.tr

Chamber of Naval Arch's and Marine Eng's

The Establishment Date : 1954    The Number of Members : 2.069

Posta mahallesi ,Tunç Sokak No:39 Tuzla-İSTANBUL/ TÜRKİYE

Tel: (+90216)447 40 30 - 31 -32  Fax: (+90216) 447 40 33

URL: http://www.gmo.org.tr       e-mail: info@gmo.org.tr

Chamber of Petroleum Engineers

The Establishment Date : 1970     The Number of Members : 904

Necatibey Caddesi   No: 38/26   Sıhhiye / ANKARA - TÜRKİYE

Tel: (+90312) 232 06 47    Fax:  (+90312) 232 03 50

URL: http://www.pmo.org.tr    e-mail: pmo@pmo.org.tr

Chamber of Physics Engineers

The Establishment Date : 1970     The Number of Members : 1.512

Ataç Sokak   No:25/ 1  Kızılay / ANKARA - TÜRKİYE

Tel: (+90312) 431 55 42    Fax: (+90312) 435 75 24

URL: http://www.fmo.org.tr       e-mail: fmo@fmo.org.tr

Chamber of Surveying Engineers

The Establishment Date : 1954     The Number of Members : 8.670

Sümer 1 Sokak   No: 12/2   Yenişehir / ANKARA - TÜRKİYE

Tel: (+90312) 232 57 77    Fax:  (+90312) 230 85 74

URL: http://www.hkmo.org.tr       e-mail: hkmo@hkmo.org.tr

Chamber of Textile Engineers

The Establishment Date : 1992     The Number of Members : 1.495

Anadolu Caddesi   No:40  Kat: 3  Daire: 310   Tepekule İş Merkezi 

Bayraklı - Karşıyaka / İZMİR - TÜRKİYE

Tel: (+90232) 462 77 16       Fax: (+90232) 462 76 48

URL: http://www.tmo.org.tr             e-mail : tmo@tmo.org.tr

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