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a) Purchase and sell, lease, rent out, take pledges, remove pledges already established, take mortgages, remove
mortgages already established, take mortgages, remove mortgages already established, take mortgages, remove
mortgages already established on the assets in its portfolio, purchase and sell securities, land, area, offices,
residences, business centres, shopping centres, hospitals, hotels, commercial warehouses, commercial parks and
similar real estate properties and real estate properties abroad (provided that the ownership of such properties is
acquired) permitted by the capital markets legislation, Provided that the necessary disclosures to be required by
the Capital Markets Board within the scope of special cases within the limits specified in the Capital Markets
Legislation are made, it may give pledges and mortgages in favour of third parties, may make disposals in favour
of third parties, may establish easement, usufruct, condominium easement, top right, construction right, may
transfer and assign, may perform and execute all transactions permitted by law, may establish these rights, may
remove the established rights.
b) Purchase and sell intellectual value, patents, licences, trademarks, know-how and other industrial property
rights, provided that they are not investment instruments and are related to the purpose of activity.
c) Buy and sell real estate certificates, asset backed securities issued against housing loans and securities accepted
by the Board to be of similar nature,
d) In addition to those listed in subparagraph (c), it may buy and sell other capital market instruments and
perform reverse repo transactions.
e) It may provide the furnishing of hotels, hospitals or similar real estates that require certain minimum equipment
in order to be put into operation before they are rented out.
f) It may buy, sell and lease lands and plots of land for the purpose of acquiring their ownership and obtaining
trading profits and developing projects through the establishment of condominium easement,
g) It may sell the real estates on which a right of override has been established by public or private legal entities
or real persons as an independent and permanent right for the purpose of project development on behalf of the
partnership, in order to generate profit after acquiring the ownership,
h) It may invest in real estate based projects for which all necessary permits have been obtained in accordance
with the relevant legislation, the project is ready and approved, and all documents legally required for the
commencement of construction are approved by independent appraisal companies as complete and accurate, by
acquiring their ownership or establishing overriding rights in order to obtain real estate development profit or
rental income at every stage of the project,
i) It may perform swap and forward transactions, write options, and enter into futures contracts, except for
commodity-based ones, for hedging purposes only.
j) The Company may take all kinds of real and personal guarantees for the collection and provision of its rights
and receivables, and may perform all kinds of registration, cancellation and all other transactions in relation
thereto before the land registry, tax offices and similar public and private institutions.
k) It may become a partner by participating in companies within the limits specified in the Capital Market
Legislation.
The regulations of the Capital Markets Board and the relevant legislation shall be complied with in relation to the
Company's principles of activity, activities that cannot be performed, investment activities, investment
prohibitions, management limitations, portfolio limitations and portfolio diversification, as well as the
establishment of absolute rights and title deed transactions.
The Company may purchase or lease movable and immovable property separate from its portfolio, in the amount
and value required by its own needs.
The Company may not provide any benefits to its shareholders, members of the Board of Directors or personnel
from its assets other than the payments required by its activities such as attendance fees, wages and dividends.
The Company may make donations to institutions, foundations and associations established for various purposes
and other various institutions and organisations, provided that the regulations of the Capital Markets Board are
adhered to, the regulations of the capital markets legislation on disguised profit transfer are not contradicted, its
own purpose and subject matter are not hindered, the necessary material event disclosures are made and the
donations made during the year are submitted to the information of the shareholders at the General Assembly.
The upper limit of donations to be made must be determined by the General Assembly, and donations exceeding
this limit cannot be distributed. The Capital Markets Board is authorised to set an upper limit on the amount of
donations. However, the limit of donations to be made within a year cannot exceed seven per thousand of the
Company's asset value according to the annual accounting period.