Another of my lengthly translations, i do apologize for any mistakes in it. I think it contains enough details and can answer all of our questions. Also i think spaceman of our agency will be called "GÖKMEN" (skyman). Enjoy reading.
Anadolu Ajansı
February 24, 2017 Friday
Turkish Space Agency is Getting Established
The bill on the establishment of the Turkish Space Agency was presented to the Presidency of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. The agency will be able to conduct research on the oceans and poles, where temporary or permanent research centers, stations can be established.
The Draft Law on the Establishment of the Turkish Space Agency and the Arrangement of Spacious Activities was presented to the Presidency of the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
According to the draft, Turkey's determination and implementation of basic policies and strategies in the field of aerospace and aviation technologies, development of non-externally dependent competitive industry, expansion of the use of space technologies in the direction of social welfare and national interests, development of scientific and technological infrastructure and human resources in the field of space and aviation technologies , Increasing capacity and abilities, are the purposes of the law.
The purpose of the law is to determine the procedures and principles of establishment, duties and authorities of the Turkish Space Agency and to protect the rights and interests of the country in the long term in order to coordinate the institutions and organizations operating in these fields.
It will include public institutions and organizations operating in the field of regulation, space and aviation technologies, as well as real and private legal entities.
TAF Will Not Be Part Of It
The activities carried out by the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and public institutions and organizations in accordance with special laws will not be covered by this regulation.
"Any operation related to an attempt to launch or launch an object at a distance, to command an object to navigate in space, or to return to the world when necessary" is defined as "Space Operation".
According to the bill, the Turkish Space Agency, which has a public legal personality and will be linked to the Prime Ministry.
The movable and immovable assets of the agency and the money, documents, files and assets will be in the state property and will not be foreclosed or pledged. These will be prosecuted and punished as crimes against the state, crimes against the state property.
DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF SPACE AGENCY
In the bill, the agency's duties and authorities are as follows:
-To prepare the Basic Space and Aviation Policy in coordination with the relevant institutions and organizations and submit it to the Executive Board for approval. To prepare and implement the Space and Aviation Program in accordance with these policies.
- Reduce external dependence on space and aviation science and technology.
- To carry out activities related to the development, integration, launching, monitoring and operation of space platforms, space vehicles, launching facilities and systems, air vehicles and systems and all kinds of subsystems related to them.
- Developing new technologies for aerospace and aerospace vehicles, providing experimental permits, negotiating with domestic or foreign legal entities for the development or development of aerospace, space and aeronautical purposes.
- Manned or unmanned remote access operations
- Space operations for scientific and research and development, and maneuvering or manless remote access and exploration of space. Granting and coordinating the necessary permits for the launching and orbiting of satellite and space vehicles to be dispatched by public institutions and private sector organizations.
- In order to train scientists, experts and researchers in space and aviation technologies and related fields; Granting scholarships and prizes to Higher Education Students without being subject to the provisions of the Law on Granting of Loans, providing domestic and foreign education opportunities and organizing competitions.
- To carry out researches related to the oceans and poles, establishing temporary / permanent research centers, establishing / establishing stations, and carrying out related activities in coordination with relevant institutions and organizations where necessary.
- Developing and implementing remote sensing and image processing techniques, making arrangements for the use of space based remote sensing data, and bringing restrictions in order to ensure national security and public order coordination with the relevant institutions and organizations.
- The development of a competitive space and aerospace industry that is not dependent on the outsourcing, the expansion of the use of space technologies in the direction of social welfare and national interests, the development of scientific and technological infrastructures and human resources in the field of aerospace and aerospace technologies, the enhancement of capacity and abilities and the expertise and knowledge in space and aviation technologies To make the necessary studies for the benefit of other sectors of the national industry.
- To establish a company in Turkey and abroad in the field of space and aviation technologies and systems where necessary, to become a partner or acquire a company with domestic and foreign capital companies established.
- To monitor developments in international space law and to establish business associations with equivalent foreign organizations, to join regional or international organizations and organizations related to space.
- Observatories will be established
- To do studies about astronomy, to set up observatories for this purpose, to set up, to operate, to let operate. To work on the development of optical, infrared, radio telescope and similar telescope technologies.
According to the bill, the Executive Board of Space and Aviation Strategies will be established.
The council will be composed of the Minister of Science, Industry and Technology, the Minister of Development, the Minister of National Defense and the Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications under the presidency of the Prime Minister.
In cases where the nature and the nature of the issues to be discussed with other ministers, which are deemed necessary in the prime minister, require the directors of other institutions and institutions to be invited to the board meetings.
The Executive Board will meet at least once a year upon the invitation of the Prime Minister.
The Agency, the Space Board, the Presidency, the Science and Technology Steering Committee, and the Space Applications Development and Coordination Committee.
The Space Board will be the Agency's decision body and 7 members including the president will be found.
The president will chair the committee. The President will be appointed by the Prime Minister with the proposal of the Prime Minister, and the other members of the board will be appointed by the Prime Minister.
President and Board members must have at least 12 years of experience in undergraduate departments of engineering, physics, chemistry, economics, public administration, law, finance, astronomy, international relations and undergraduate departments of faculties with at least 4 years of education in higher education institutions.
SPACE BOARD
The mission of the Space Board will be five years. The tasks and authorities of the board are as follows:
"Accepting the Space and Aviation Basic Policy for the approval of the Executive Board Preparing the Space and Aviation Program in the direction of the Basic Space and Aviation Policy and presenting it to the approval of the Prime Minister To determine the priority areas of the agency's working principles and policies in space and aeronautical technology, And to establish the infrastructure of the human resources with the administrative infrastructure To determine the personnel policy of the agency, to monitor its implementation and to assign staff assignments.
To appoint head presidents, institute directors, laboratory directors, and members of the Steering Committee upon the President's proposal. To direct, supervise and coordinate the activities of the Agency. To monitor and evaluate the results of the Agency's activities in line with determined policies, strategies and targets and to take the necessary precautions for areas where expected performance is not achieved. To make a decision by discussing the annual budget proposal and the annual work programs of the Agency prepared by the Presidency.
To make proposals to open work offices in foreign countries when necessary, to make decisions about the personnel to be employed there. Deciding on issues related to the establishment, establishment or leasing of all kinds of facilities and infrastructure related to space and aviation technologies and systems. To decide whether to be a member of or separate from national or international institutions and organizations related to the field of activity of the Agency.
To follow the laws, practices, policies and measures of other countries in relation to space and aviation activities. To submit to the approval of the Prime Minister the persons to be appointed by the executive boards and other bodies of the companies to be established by the Agency or whose partner is or is the owner of the Agency. Accepting donations with domestic and international assistance. "
PRESIDENCY
The president, who is the chief executive officer of the agency, will be responsible for the general management and representation of the Agency.
The president's term of office will be five years. The president can be reassigned. The President's duties and authorities are as follows:
To coordinate the work of the Board and the Agency units in a harmonious, productive, disciplined and regular way, to solve the tasks and authority problems that may arise between the units, and to follow up the implementation and implementation of the necessary procedures in order to fulfill the requirements of the Board decisions. To prepare the annual budget and financial statements of the Agency, to prepare the annual reports and to present them to the Board. "
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ROUTING COMMITTEE
The steering committee shall be formed by selecting from among the relevant departments of the universities at least the degree of doctorate and assistant in public or private sector in order to assist the Board in decision making in scientific and technological matters which are important for institutes, research centers and laboratories.
Representatives from the Ministry of National Defense and the Chief of General Staff will be invited to the Steering Committee. Director of TUBITAK National Observatory and Director of Space Technology Research Institute will be the natural member of the Steering Committee.
DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE APPLICATIONS AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE
The Space Development and Coordination Committee is responsible for the coordination between the relevant ministries, institutions and organizations in order to ensure that the capacity and capabilities acquired in space and aeronautical technology can be used for social welfare and for the development of the country. Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Ministry of Development, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs, Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communications and at least the Deputy Undersecretary A representative representing the Presidency, at least a representative from the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), and a General Director of Meteorology.
The Coordination Committee is responsible for ensuring that the capacity and capabilities gained in the field of aerospace and aviation technologies can be used in the welfare and development of the country through social, economic and commercial applications and for the prevention of resource waste, awareness building, informing and directing tasks and activities in the supply of satellite and space- If any institutions, organizations or ministries should be able to pass on these technologies based practices, activities aimed at ensuring business cooperation and coordination between relevant institutions and organizations and ministries will be carried out.
SCIENTIFIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY WILL BE AUTONOMOUS
The Agency will establish research centers, institutes, laboratories, ground observation, management and control centers, space park, space science centers, excellence center and similar units with the approval of the Steering Committee and Prime Minister approval on the decision of the Board and satellite launch centers with the decision of the Council of Ministers.
Scientific and administrative autonomy will be essential in the regulation of the working procedures and principles of these units.
The proceeds of the agency will consist of:
"Amounts transferred from the general budget every year, incomes transferred from enterprises and companies and other units, all kinds of benefits and donations made to the Agency, revenues related to the authorization made by the Agency, incomes of the movable or immovable assets belonging to the Agency and the procedures and principles determined by the Board Of the annual remuneration of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation, 20 percent of the remaining amount shall be transferred."
According to the bill, the Turkish Space Agency will be authorized to make, develop or purchase any kind of measuring instruments, special-purpose clothing, vehicles, equipment, vehicles and materials that it will need in fulfillment of its duties.
The Agency will not be subjected to any kind of test, test, manufacturing, research and inspection activities that it will perform in relation to the duties assigned to it.
The tests and tests of the subjects that fall under the jurisdiction of the Agency shall be carried out under the supervision and supervision of the institutions or laboratories established in Turkey or abroad for this purpose.
The Turkish Space Agency will take all kinds of measures to ensure that tests and experiments conducted in the country do not harm the environment and human health.
The Agency will ask all public institutions and organizations, real and legal persons in accordance with the provisions of the legislation on occupational and trade secrets, the information that they consider necessary for research and examination purposes, The information provided in this way will comply with the confidentiality of state secret properties.
Prepayments may be made for projects supported by the Turkish Space Agency and projects carried out by the agency for external assistance.
The economic enterprise will not be regarded as an enterprise in terms of the corporation tax due to the income obtained from the activities of the Agency regarding its duties. Donations and grants made to the Agency for receipt will be deductible from the declared income or institutional gain.
The Turkish Space Agency will be exempted from taxes, duties, participation fees, stamps, inheritance, transfer and estate taxes without any deposit in any lawsuits and execution proceedings. The receivables of the Agency will be regarded as privileged buyers in the implementation of the Execution and Bankruptcy Law.
Except for passenger vehicles, all kinds of vehicles, equipment, materials, machinery, products and their spare parts imported from abroad or imported from abroad are subject to customs duty, stamp, warehouse and warehouse fees except entry and all kinds of temporary storage, The exemption from tax and wages will be exempt, and import restrictions will not apply to them.
The proprietary rights on any product subject to industrial property, such as research, development activities carried out by the Agency or the Agency's companies and scientific and technological projects, artifacts, inventions, designs, utility models and integrated circuit topographies will belong to the Agency.
The Turkish Space Agency will be able to make use of these rights, which can be transferred to universities, other scientific research institutions, private sector organizations on the basis of the inventions and the Patent Board's proposal.
The financial supervision of affiliated companies will be made within the framework of the Law on the Regulation of the Control of the State Economic Enterprises and Funds by the Parliament, provided that the Agency and the Agency's share exceeds 50 percent.
Institutions and organizations and real and legal persons shall be able to manufacture, manufacture, use and extensively operate space and aviation instruments and systems, not contrary to the international agreements to which Turkey is a party.
The development and use of aerospace and aviation technologies will take into account the importance of the private sector. The Council of Ministers is the private sector that can transfer the results of research and development for the development and use of space and aeronautical technologies to the private sector through the systematic provision of products and services using the capabilities of private operators in order to strengthen the international competitiveness of the space, aviation industry and related sectors, And the sector will take financial or other measures to facilitate investments in private entrepreneurship.
Taking into account the importance of independent development, launching, operation and the like of the private sector by the private sector, the Agency shall ensure that space, including the establishment of facilities and sites for research and development of necessary equipment and technologies, the support of remote activities, the provision of radio frequencies, Take all necessary measures to promote the use of.
Real and legal persons representing space and aeronautical activities shall notify the Agency of the activities and capabilities they have acquired in the framework of the development of space and aviation policy and strategy.
Public institutions and organizations that act towards the outdoors and real and legal persons will take precautions for the health of person, community and environment in their activities.
In situations involving the security of the country with extraordinary circumstances, martial law, mobilization and warfare, all space systems will be used within the framework of relevant legislation for national security and national defense purposes.
TAF WILL BE WORKING ON SATELLITE AND SPACE TOO
The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) will have the space systems that can train personnel and carry out R & D, projecting, production, integration and procurement activities in order to acquire the satellite and space capabilities needed.
The Agency will provide coordination in the preparation of the basic aerospace and aviation policy and program, taking into account the needs of the TSK.
Sharing, selling and transferring critical national technologies related to space and aviation technologies to a foreign company, a company or a foreign partner will be coordinated with the relevant institutions and organizations.
SPACE DEBRIS RISK
The Agency shall ensure that the applicant in respect of the activities of launching, commanding, taking over the command of the space object, or undertaking the return of the object of the space or providing the object of return to the world, provides the ethical, financial and professional guarantees in a specified time frame, certifies the conformity of the reported systems and procedures with the technical regulations Licenses. The licenses granted by the Agency may be equivalent to authorizations for certain operations.
The Turkish Space Agency may impose obligations and limitations on the authorities in order to secure persons and property security, to protect the environment and general health, to limit the risks associated with space waste, to protect national security and to respect Turkey's international commitments.
Regardless of the nationality of an object that is planned to be thrown abroad or to be thrown away from facilities or vehicles subject to Turkish or Turkish judiciary, all operators are required to provide launching services, or to plan the movement of an object in space, Shall not be able to operate without the agency authorization document.
It may pose a danger in terms of national security or the operations and systems which are contrary to the international commitments of Turkey will not be allowed.
The primary space-based data operators will notify the Agency before they start their operations.
The Agency will always be able to control whether the authorizations are complied with and whether the authority or licensee fulfills his obligations. If the agency detects irregularities, the agency will impose administrative sanctions on its quality.
Authorizations may be suspended or canceled by the Agency if it violates the obligations of the author's holder, or if the authorizations constitute a risk of jeopardizing national security or respect for Turkey's international commitments.
According to the draft, the Agency will be able to implement support programs, which may be annually or for years in support of research and development and product development activities, including innovation and design activities in space and aviation technologies. The amount of support to be applied and the methods and principles of utilization shall be determined by the decision of the Space Board.
20 per cent of the source created by the Ministry of Transport, Shipping and Communications will be transferred to the Agency's accounts until the last day of January each year, with the approval of the Prime Minister, for use by the Agency in the field of aviation and space technology.
The Agency may insure or require collateral to compensate for or to incur losses and risks that may arise in the performance of its activities or in the performance of contractual obligations to real persons and legal entities with which it is involved.
The Turkish Space Agency may provide liability insurance or security to the developer of an experimental air or space vehicle developed or used within the framework of an agreement to develop a new technology or prototype for an experimental air or space vehicle or air or space vehicle.
The agency may provide liability insurance to the user of any space vehicle to cover all or part of the requests made by third parties as a result of death, physical injury, property damage, or total loss of property as a result of operations such as space operations or space vehicle return to earth.
TRAINING REGIONS WILL BE ESTABLISHED
Installation, integration and testing centers, laboratories, research centers, institutes, flight tracks, test grounds, launch ramps and bases, etc. established by the Agency or the private sector or related institutions and organizations for the development and production of satellite, space and aeronautical technology and systems Infrastructure and facilities, or R & D centers, incubation centers and similar research infrastructures created for the same purpose, as well as companies and individuals and organizations involved in aerospace technology ecosystem. The specialization zones will be established by the decision of the Council of Ministers upon the proposal of the Agency and the approval of the executive board.
The provisions related to support, incentives, exemptions and exemptions of the Technology Development Zones Law, the managerial companies of the specialized zones established under this law, the taxpayers of income and corporations operating in these regions and the researchers, programmers, designers, R & D and support personnel working in these regions And researchers, software developers, designers, R & D and support personnel working under the labor legislation in the Agency's research centers, launching centers, observation management and control centers, test centers, excellence centers, laboratories and research institutes Will also apply. The number of support staff that will benefit from this incentive will not exceed 10 percent of the number of researchers, software developers, designers and R & D personnel.
The Agency will be able to carry out the management of specialized zones, the definition of common needs, the fulfillment of other services and services related to the specialization zone, the management companies that will be jointly involved in the companies and persons and organizations operating in specialized areas.
In the planning process in the specialization zones, zoning plans and changes and application development plans and changes will be prepared or prepared by the Agency and approved by the Prime Minister.
The land and other immovable properties in the declared area of the Specialized Zone and the land under the provision and disposal of the state shall be allocated to the Agency free of charge by the Ministry of Finance on the application of the Agency. The characteristics of medium properties such as pasture, spring and winter which are included in the specialization zone will be removed with the approval of the Prime Minister without being bound to the provisions of the Pasture Law and these immovables will be registered in the name of the Treasury. Other land needed in the specialization zones may be expropriated by the Agency according to the provisions of the Expropriation Law.
The land and immovables belonging to other public institutions and organizations located in the areas of the specialization zone may be allocated to the Agency upon the approval of these institutions and institutions, provided that the ownership remains in the relevant institutions and organizations.
AGENCY CAN ESTABLISH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
The Agency will be able to establish, purchase, transfer and manage the companies and shares it owns, which are subject to the provisions of the laws and regulations in the field of space and aeronautical technology and systems and the decision of the Executive Board.
The Turkish Space Agency will expropriate the land, buildings and buildings that are required for the construction and development of the facilities, the protection and regulation of the environment and the construction of the facilities, and other immovable properties that may be needed in fulfilling their duties under the provisions of the Expropriation Law.
AGENCY CAN CREATE CONSULTING COMMITTEES
The Agency will be able to use the tools, equipment, equipment and facilities belonging to these institutions with the protocols to be made with public institutions and organizations.
Authorities are authorized to make business associations with the Agency without regard to the use of public administrations and local authorities services, equipment, personnel and facilities within the scope of central government, to provide aviation and spacecrafts, equipment and equipment for their actual use unrequitedly to the Agency or to obtain Agency it will be. Compulsory service obligations arising from scholarships provided by public institutions and organizations; The request of the obligation may be transferred to the Agency with the approval of the institution and organization to which the Agency's request and obligation depends.
The Information Technologies and Communications Authority will work in coordination with the Agency to work with international organizations for satellite frequency planning within the framework of relevant legislation.
It is compulsory to take all kinds of law enforcement measures at the municipality or governorates on time to ensure that tests or tests can be carried out safely on application to be made by the Agency and that environment, human health and public safety can be ensured. The agency will be able to directly request assistance from the Ministry of the Interior when necessary.
The Turkish Space Agency will be able to organize stakeholder and sectoral meetings for the coordination and consultation of the sector, universities, non-governmental organizations and other relevant institutions and organizations, in order to prepare the annual or periodical planning and programs by the Agency.
Funds may be transferred to the budget of the general budget for joint projects that will be developed with the participation of more than one ministry, institution or organization, or where more than one institution will benefit from the results.
INSPECTION PERMIT AND PENALTY
Administrative fines of up to 1 million Turkish Liras shall be applied within the framework of the principles and procedures laid down in the Regulation put into effect by the Agency on the operators operating in violation of the provisions of the Authority or authorized by the Agency and authorized to carry out other activities unauthorized.
Aircraft, missiles, spacecraft and similar vehicles, other property or equipment, contractors with a contract with the Agency and their subcontractors, real or legal persons, of any agency, laboratory, station, base or similar premises belonging to the Agency, Those who intentionally violate any regulation or order issued by the Agency for the protection and security of their property or equipment shall be sentenced to a maximum of one year imprisonment on the request of the Agency and shall be punished with a fine of up to one thousand days.
The President shall be deemed to be a civil servant in respect of offenses committed by board members and Agency personnel, in connection with their duties or due to their duties. Permission to investigate; The president, the board members and the vice-presidents, and the president for the other staff.
The President, the board members and the Agency shall not disclose, or use for the benefit of, any person or others, even if they have been separated from their duty of confidential information concerning the Agency. The obligation under this paragraph shall be valid for a period of five years following the departure of the personnel concerned. Those who do not obey this obligation shall be sentenced to three years imprisonment for one year on the request of the Agency and for two thousand days until the day of forensic punishment.
According to the bill, Ajansta must be a director, presidential adviser, head or institute director, graduated from higher education institutions in Turkey and abroad who have been accepted as higher education institutions, and must have worked in public sector or private sector for at least 12 years. These periods will be applied as 10 for graduate students and 8 years for doctoral students.
Personnel employed in Ajansta specialist positions shall be selected from the higher education institutions providing education for at least 4 years or candidates graduated from higher education institutions abroad recognized as Higher Education Council.
Academic staff and other public officials with the required qualifications may be employed by the agent with the consent of their own request or institutions. The association of those employed in this way with institutions will end with a labor contract with the agency.
According to the Law on Higher Education, those who are assigned to Ajanst will be paid university leave on university campus. The regulation on liability insurance will come into force two years after the publication of the law.
The appropriations and expenditures needed until the budget of the Agency is put into effect shall be met from the budget of the Prime Ministry.
Moving tools, materials, fixtures and projects carried out by the General Directorate of Aeronautics and Astronautics removed and contracts related thereto shall be transferred to the Agency without any further action, together with all rights and obligations. The amount remaining from the appropriations allocated for the projects to the General Directorate of Aeronautics and Space Technologies will be transferred to the Agency budget for use in the same projects and processes.
Employed or assigned personnel of the General Directorate of Aeronautics and Space Technologies will be assigned to the Agency Presidency and Members of the Board and assigned to the Agency with the projects, works and transactions carried out with the current staff and titles until the organization of the agency is completed.
Those who are determined to be returned to their institutions by the decision of the Space Board shall be returned to their existing staff and titles and institutions at the date of the law publication, provided that the demands and rights regarding the differences that may arise between the Agency staff and positions are paid by the Agency to its employees and positions. Employees who continue their employment in the agency's staff as determined by the Board will be excused from their institutions for up to 5 years.
According to the draft, in order to determine the rights, authorities and obligations related to the operation of the satellites and its infrastructure, a contract between the Agency and Türksat A.Ş will be signed . The duty contract shall be sent to the Council within one year following the establishment of the competent organs of the Agency and the activities of the relevant departments.
According to the bill, the first appointed president's term of office will be 6 years. A total of 107 cadres will be created in the Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications.
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Anadolu Ajansı
February 24, 2017 Friday
Turkish Space Agency is Getting Established
The bill on the establishment of the Turkish Space Agency was presented to the Presidency of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. The agency will be able to conduct research on the oceans and poles, where temporary or permanent research centers, stations can be established.
The Draft Law on the Establishment of the Turkish Space Agency and the Arrangement of Spacious Activities was presented to the Presidency of the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
According to the draft, Turkey's determination and implementation of basic policies and strategies in the field of aerospace and aviation technologies, development of non-externally dependent competitive industry, expansion of the use of space technologies in the direction of social welfare and national interests, development of scientific and technological infrastructure and human resources in the field of space and aviation technologies , Increasing capacity and abilities, are the purposes of the law.
The purpose of the law is to determine the procedures and principles of establishment, duties and authorities of the Turkish Space Agency and to protect the rights and interests of the country in the long term in order to coordinate the institutions and organizations operating in these fields.
It will include public institutions and organizations operating in the field of regulation, space and aviation technologies, as well as real and private legal entities.
TAF Will Not Be Part Of It
The activities carried out by the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) and public institutions and organizations in accordance with special laws will not be covered by this regulation.
"Any operation related to an attempt to launch or launch an object at a distance, to command an object to navigate in space, or to return to the world when necessary" is defined as "Space Operation".
According to the bill, the Turkish Space Agency, which has a public legal personality and will be linked to the Prime Ministry.
The movable and immovable assets of the agency and the money, documents, files and assets will be in the state property and will not be foreclosed or pledged. These will be prosecuted and punished as crimes against the state, crimes against the state property.
DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF SPACE AGENCY
In the bill, the agency's duties and authorities are as follows:
-To prepare the Basic Space and Aviation Policy in coordination with the relevant institutions and organizations and submit it to the Executive Board for approval. To prepare and implement the Space and Aviation Program in accordance with these policies.
- Reduce external dependence on space and aviation science and technology.
- To carry out activities related to the development, integration, launching, monitoring and operation of space platforms, space vehicles, launching facilities and systems, air vehicles and systems and all kinds of subsystems related to them.
- Developing new technologies for aerospace and aerospace vehicles, providing experimental permits, negotiating with domestic or foreign legal entities for the development or development of aerospace, space and aeronautical purposes.
- Manned or unmanned remote access operations
- Space operations for scientific and research and development, and maneuvering or manless remote access and exploration of space. Granting and coordinating the necessary permits for the launching and orbiting of satellite and space vehicles to be dispatched by public institutions and private sector organizations.
- In order to train scientists, experts and researchers in space and aviation technologies and related fields; Granting scholarships and prizes to Higher Education Students without being subject to the provisions of the Law on Granting of Loans, providing domestic and foreign education opportunities and organizing competitions.
- To carry out researches related to the oceans and poles, establishing temporary / permanent research centers, establishing / establishing stations, and carrying out related activities in coordination with relevant institutions and organizations where necessary.
- Developing and implementing remote sensing and image processing techniques, making arrangements for the use of space based remote sensing data, and bringing restrictions in order to ensure national security and public order coordination with the relevant institutions and organizations.
- The development of a competitive space and aerospace industry that is not dependent on the outsourcing, the expansion of the use of space technologies in the direction of social welfare and national interests, the development of scientific and technological infrastructures and human resources in the field of aerospace and aerospace technologies, the enhancement of capacity and abilities and the expertise and knowledge in space and aviation technologies To make the necessary studies for the benefit of other sectors of the national industry.
- To establish a company in Turkey and abroad in the field of space and aviation technologies and systems where necessary, to become a partner or acquire a company with domestic and foreign capital companies established.
- To monitor developments in international space law and to establish business associations with equivalent foreign organizations, to join regional or international organizations and organizations related to space.
- Observatories will be established
- To do studies about astronomy, to set up observatories for this purpose, to set up, to operate, to let operate. To work on the development of optical, infrared, radio telescope and similar telescope technologies.
According to the bill, the Executive Board of Space and Aviation Strategies will be established.
The council will be composed of the Minister of Science, Industry and Technology, the Minister of Development, the Minister of National Defense and the Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications under the presidency of the Prime Minister.
In cases where the nature and the nature of the issues to be discussed with other ministers, which are deemed necessary in the prime minister, require the directors of other institutions and institutions to be invited to the board meetings.
The Executive Board will meet at least once a year upon the invitation of the Prime Minister.
The Agency, the Space Board, the Presidency, the Science and Technology Steering Committee, and the Space Applications Development and Coordination Committee.
The Space Board will be the Agency's decision body and 7 members including the president will be found.
The president will chair the committee. The President will be appointed by the Prime Minister with the proposal of the Prime Minister, and the other members of the board will be appointed by the Prime Minister.
President and Board members must have at least 12 years of experience in undergraduate departments of engineering, physics, chemistry, economics, public administration, law, finance, astronomy, international relations and undergraduate departments of faculties with at least 4 years of education in higher education institutions.
SPACE BOARD
The mission of the Space Board will be five years. The tasks and authorities of the board are as follows:
"Accepting the Space and Aviation Basic Policy for the approval of the Executive Board Preparing the Space and Aviation Program in the direction of the Basic Space and Aviation Policy and presenting it to the approval of the Prime Minister To determine the priority areas of the agency's working principles and policies in space and aeronautical technology, And to establish the infrastructure of the human resources with the administrative infrastructure To determine the personnel policy of the agency, to monitor its implementation and to assign staff assignments.
To appoint head presidents, institute directors, laboratory directors, and members of the Steering Committee upon the President's proposal. To direct, supervise and coordinate the activities of the Agency. To monitor and evaluate the results of the Agency's activities in line with determined policies, strategies and targets and to take the necessary precautions for areas where expected performance is not achieved. To make a decision by discussing the annual budget proposal and the annual work programs of the Agency prepared by the Presidency.
To make proposals to open work offices in foreign countries when necessary, to make decisions about the personnel to be employed there. Deciding on issues related to the establishment, establishment or leasing of all kinds of facilities and infrastructure related to space and aviation technologies and systems. To decide whether to be a member of or separate from national or international institutions and organizations related to the field of activity of the Agency.
To follow the laws, practices, policies and measures of other countries in relation to space and aviation activities. To submit to the approval of the Prime Minister the persons to be appointed by the executive boards and other bodies of the companies to be established by the Agency or whose partner is or is the owner of the Agency. Accepting donations with domestic and international assistance. "
PRESIDENCY
The president, who is the chief executive officer of the agency, will be responsible for the general management and representation of the Agency.
The president's term of office will be five years. The president can be reassigned. The President's duties and authorities are as follows:
To coordinate the work of the Board and the Agency units in a harmonious, productive, disciplined and regular way, to solve the tasks and authority problems that may arise between the units, and to follow up the implementation and implementation of the necessary procedures in order to fulfill the requirements of the Board decisions. To prepare the annual budget and financial statements of the Agency, to prepare the annual reports and to present them to the Board. "
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ROUTING COMMITTEE
The steering committee shall be formed by selecting from among the relevant departments of the universities at least the degree of doctorate and assistant in public or private sector in order to assist the Board in decision making in scientific and technological matters which are important for institutes, research centers and laboratories.
Representatives from the Ministry of National Defense and the Chief of General Staff will be invited to the Steering Committee. Director of TUBITAK National Observatory and Director of Space Technology Research Institute will be the natural member of the Steering Committee.
DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE APPLICATIONS AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE
The Space Development and Coordination Committee is responsible for the coordination between the relevant ministries, institutions and organizations in order to ensure that the capacity and capabilities acquired in space and aeronautical technology can be used for social welfare and for the development of the country. Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Ministry of Development, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs, Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communications and at least the Deputy Undersecretary A representative representing the Presidency, at least a representative from the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), and a General Director of Meteorology.
The Coordination Committee is responsible for ensuring that the capacity and capabilities gained in the field of aerospace and aviation technologies can be used in the welfare and development of the country through social, economic and commercial applications and for the prevention of resource waste, awareness building, informing and directing tasks and activities in the supply of satellite and space- If any institutions, organizations or ministries should be able to pass on these technologies based practices, activities aimed at ensuring business cooperation and coordination between relevant institutions and organizations and ministries will be carried out.
SCIENTIFIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY WILL BE AUTONOMOUS
The Agency will establish research centers, institutes, laboratories, ground observation, management and control centers, space park, space science centers, excellence center and similar units with the approval of the Steering Committee and Prime Minister approval on the decision of the Board and satellite launch centers with the decision of the Council of Ministers.
Scientific and administrative autonomy will be essential in the regulation of the working procedures and principles of these units.
The proceeds of the agency will consist of:
"Amounts transferred from the general budget every year, incomes transferred from enterprises and companies and other units, all kinds of benefits and donations made to the Agency, revenues related to the authorization made by the Agency, incomes of the movable or immovable assets belonging to the Agency and the procedures and principles determined by the Board Of the annual remuneration of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation, 20 percent of the remaining amount shall be transferred."
According to the bill, the Turkish Space Agency will be authorized to make, develop or purchase any kind of measuring instruments, special-purpose clothing, vehicles, equipment, vehicles and materials that it will need in fulfillment of its duties.
The Agency will not be subjected to any kind of test, test, manufacturing, research and inspection activities that it will perform in relation to the duties assigned to it.
The tests and tests of the subjects that fall under the jurisdiction of the Agency shall be carried out under the supervision and supervision of the institutions or laboratories established in Turkey or abroad for this purpose.
The Turkish Space Agency will take all kinds of measures to ensure that tests and experiments conducted in the country do not harm the environment and human health.
The Agency will ask all public institutions and organizations, real and legal persons in accordance with the provisions of the legislation on occupational and trade secrets, the information that they consider necessary for research and examination purposes, The information provided in this way will comply with the confidentiality of state secret properties.
Prepayments may be made for projects supported by the Turkish Space Agency and projects carried out by the agency for external assistance.
The economic enterprise will not be regarded as an enterprise in terms of the corporation tax due to the income obtained from the activities of the Agency regarding its duties. Donations and grants made to the Agency for receipt will be deductible from the declared income or institutional gain.
The Turkish Space Agency will be exempted from taxes, duties, participation fees, stamps, inheritance, transfer and estate taxes without any deposit in any lawsuits and execution proceedings. The receivables of the Agency will be regarded as privileged buyers in the implementation of the Execution and Bankruptcy Law.
Except for passenger vehicles, all kinds of vehicles, equipment, materials, machinery, products and their spare parts imported from abroad or imported from abroad are subject to customs duty, stamp, warehouse and warehouse fees except entry and all kinds of temporary storage, The exemption from tax and wages will be exempt, and import restrictions will not apply to them.
The proprietary rights on any product subject to industrial property, such as research, development activities carried out by the Agency or the Agency's companies and scientific and technological projects, artifacts, inventions, designs, utility models and integrated circuit topographies will belong to the Agency.
The Turkish Space Agency will be able to make use of these rights, which can be transferred to universities, other scientific research institutions, private sector organizations on the basis of the inventions and the Patent Board's proposal.
The financial supervision of affiliated companies will be made within the framework of the Law on the Regulation of the Control of the State Economic Enterprises and Funds by the Parliament, provided that the Agency and the Agency's share exceeds 50 percent.
Institutions and organizations and real and legal persons shall be able to manufacture, manufacture, use and extensively operate space and aviation instruments and systems, not contrary to the international agreements to which Turkey is a party.
The development and use of aerospace and aviation technologies will take into account the importance of the private sector. The Council of Ministers is the private sector that can transfer the results of research and development for the development and use of space and aeronautical technologies to the private sector through the systematic provision of products and services using the capabilities of private operators in order to strengthen the international competitiveness of the space, aviation industry and related sectors, And the sector will take financial or other measures to facilitate investments in private entrepreneurship.
Taking into account the importance of independent development, launching, operation and the like of the private sector by the private sector, the Agency shall ensure that space, including the establishment of facilities and sites for research and development of necessary equipment and technologies, the support of remote activities, the provision of radio frequencies, Take all necessary measures to promote the use of.
Real and legal persons representing space and aeronautical activities shall notify the Agency of the activities and capabilities they have acquired in the framework of the development of space and aviation policy and strategy.
Public institutions and organizations that act towards the outdoors and real and legal persons will take precautions for the health of person, community and environment in their activities.
In situations involving the security of the country with extraordinary circumstances, martial law, mobilization and warfare, all space systems will be used within the framework of relevant legislation for national security and national defense purposes.
TAF WILL BE WORKING ON SATELLITE AND SPACE TOO
The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) will have the space systems that can train personnel and carry out R & D, projecting, production, integration and procurement activities in order to acquire the satellite and space capabilities needed.
The Agency will provide coordination in the preparation of the basic aerospace and aviation policy and program, taking into account the needs of the TSK.
Sharing, selling and transferring critical national technologies related to space and aviation technologies to a foreign company, a company or a foreign partner will be coordinated with the relevant institutions and organizations.
SPACE DEBRIS RISK
The Agency shall ensure that the applicant in respect of the activities of launching, commanding, taking over the command of the space object, or undertaking the return of the object of the space or providing the object of return to the world, provides the ethical, financial and professional guarantees in a specified time frame, certifies the conformity of the reported systems and procedures with the technical regulations Licenses. The licenses granted by the Agency may be equivalent to authorizations for certain operations.
The Turkish Space Agency may impose obligations and limitations on the authorities in order to secure persons and property security, to protect the environment and general health, to limit the risks associated with space waste, to protect national security and to respect Turkey's international commitments.
Regardless of the nationality of an object that is planned to be thrown abroad or to be thrown away from facilities or vehicles subject to Turkish or Turkish judiciary, all operators are required to provide launching services, or to plan the movement of an object in space, Shall not be able to operate without the agency authorization document.
It may pose a danger in terms of national security or the operations and systems which are contrary to the international commitments of Turkey will not be allowed.
The primary space-based data operators will notify the Agency before they start their operations.
The Agency will always be able to control whether the authorizations are complied with and whether the authority or licensee fulfills his obligations. If the agency detects irregularities, the agency will impose administrative sanctions on its quality.
Authorizations may be suspended or canceled by the Agency if it violates the obligations of the author's holder, or if the authorizations constitute a risk of jeopardizing national security or respect for Turkey's international commitments.
According to the draft, the Agency will be able to implement support programs, which may be annually or for years in support of research and development and product development activities, including innovation and design activities in space and aviation technologies. The amount of support to be applied and the methods and principles of utilization shall be determined by the decision of the Space Board.
20 per cent of the source created by the Ministry of Transport, Shipping and Communications will be transferred to the Agency's accounts until the last day of January each year, with the approval of the Prime Minister, for use by the Agency in the field of aviation and space technology.
The Agency may insure or require collateral to compensate for or to incur losses and risks that may arise in the performance of its activities or in the performance of contractual obligations to real persons and legal entities with which it is involved.
The Turkish Space Agency may provide liability insurance or security to the developer of an experimental air or space vehicle developed or used within the framework of an agreement to develop a new technology or prototype for an experimental air or space vehicle or air or space vehicle.
The agency may provide liability insurance to the user of any space vehicle to cover all or part of the requests made by third parties as a result of death, physical injury, property damage, or total loss of property as a result of operations such as space operations or space vehicle return to earth.
TRAINING REGIONS WILL BE ESTABLISHED
Installation, integration and testing centers, laboratories, research centers, institutes, flight tracks, test grounds, launch ramps and bases, etc. established by the Agency or the private sector or related institutions and organizations for the development and production of satellite, space and aeronautical technology and systems Infrastructure and facilities, or R & D centers, incubation centers and similar research infrastructures created for the same purpose, as well as companies and individuals and organizations involved in aerospace technology ecosystem. The specialization zones will be established by the decision of the Council of Ministers upon the proposal of the Agency and the approval of the executive board.
The provisions related to support, incentives, exemptions and exemptions of the Technology Development Zones Law, the managerial companies of the specialized zones established under this law, the taxpayers of income and corporations operating in these regions and the researchers, programmers, designers, R & D and support personnel working in these regions And researchers, software developers, designers, R & D and support personnel working under the labor legislation in the Agency's research centers, launching centers, observation management and control centers, test centers, excellence centers, laboratories and research institutes Will also apply. The number of support staff that will benefit from this incentive will not exceed 10 percent of the number of researchers, software developers, designers and R & D personnel.
The Agency will be able to carry out the management of specialized zones, the definition of common needs, the fulfillment of other services and services related to the specialization zone, the management companies that will be jointly involved in the companies and persons and organizations operating in specialized areas.
In the planning process in the specialization zones, zoning plans and changes and application development plans and changes will be prepared or prepared by the Agency and approved by the Prime Minister.
The land and other immovable properties in the declared area of the Specialized Zone and the land under the provision and disposal of the state shall be allocated to the Agency free of charge by the Ministry of Finance on the application of the Agency. The characteristics of medium properties such as pasture, spring and winter which are included in the specialization zone will be removed with the approval of the Prime Minister without being bound to the provisions of the Pasture Law and these immovables will be registered in the name of the Treasury. Other land needed in the specialization zones may be expropriated by the Agency according to the provisions of the Expropriation Law.
The land and immovables belonging to other public institutions and organizations located in the areas of the specialization zone may be allocated to the Agency upon the approval of these institutions and institutions, provided that the ownership remains in the relevant institutions and organizations.
AGENCY CAN ESTABLISH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
The Agency will be able to establish, purchase, transfer and manage the companies and shares it owns, which are subject to the provisions of the laws and regulations in the field of space and aeronautical technology and systems and the decision of the Executive Board.
The Turkish Space Agency will expropriate the land, buildings and buildings that are required for the construction and development of the facilities, the protection and regulation of the environment and the construction of the facilities, and other immovable properties that may be needed in fulfilling their duties under the provisions of the Expropriation Law.
AGENCY CAN CREATE CONSULTING COMMITTEES
The Agency will be able to use the tools, equipment, equipment and facilities belonging to these institutions with the protocols to be made with public institutions and organizations.
Authorities are authorized to make business associations with the Agency without regard to the use of public administrations and local authorities services, equipment, personnel and facilities within the scope of central government, to provide aviation and spacecrafts, equipment and equipment for their actual use unrequitedly to the Agency or to obtain Agency it will be. Compulsory service obligations arising from scholarships provided by public institutions and organizations; The request of the obligation may be transferred to the Agency with the approval of the institution and organization to which the Agency's request and obligation depends.
The Information Technologies and Communications Authority will work in coordination with the Agency to work with international organizations for satellite frequency planning within the framework of relevant legislation.
It is compulsory to take all kinds of law enforcement measures at the municipality or governorates on time to ensure that tests or tests can be carried out safely on application to be made by the Agency and that environment, human health and public safety can be ensured. The agency will be able to directly request assistance from the Ministry of the Interior when necessary.
The Turkish Space Agency will be able to organize stakeholder and sectoral meetings for the coordination and consultation of the sector, universities, non-governmental organizations and other relevant institutions and organizations, in order to prepare the annual or periodical planning and programs by the Agency.
Funds may be transferred to the budget of the general budget for joint projects that will be developed with the participation of more than one ministry, institution or organization, or where more than one institution will benefit from the results.
INSPECTION PERMIT AND PENALTY
Administrative fines of up to 1 million Turkish Liras shall be applied within the framework of the principles and procedures laid down in the Regulation put into effect by the Agency on the operators operating in violation of the provisions of the Authority or authorized by the Agency and authorized to carry out other activities unauthorized.
Aircraft, missiles, spacecraft and similar vehicles, other property or equipment, contractors with a contract with the Agency and their subcontractors, real or legal persons, of any agency, laboratory, station, base or similar premises belonging to the Agency, Those who intentionally violate any regulation or order issued by the Agency for the protection and security of their property or equipment shall be sentenced to a maximum of one year imprisonment on the request of the Agency and shall be punished with a fine of up to one thousand days.
The President shall be deemed to be a civil servant in respect of offenses committed by board members and Agency personnel, in connection with their duties or due to their duties. Permission to investigate; The president, the board members and the vice-presidents, and the president for the other staff.
The President, the board members and the Agency shall not disclose, or use for the benefit of, any person or others, even if they have been separated from their duty of confidential information concerning the Agency. The obligation under this paragraph shall be valid for a period of five years following the departure of the personnel concerned. Those who do not obey this obligation shall be sentenced to three years imprisonment for one year on the request of the Agency and for two thousand days until the day of forensic punishment.
According to the bill, Ajansta must be a director, presidential adviser, head or institute director, graduated from higher education institutions in Turkey and abroad who have been accepted as higher education institutions, and must have worked in public sector or private sector for at least 12 years. These periods will be applied as 10 for graduate students and 8 years for doctoral students.
Personnel employed in Ajansta specialist positions shall be selected from the higher education institutions providing education for at least 4 years or candidates graduated from higher education institutions abroad recognized as Higher Education Council.
Academic staff and other public officials with the required qualifications may be employed by the agent with the consent of their own request or institutions. The association of those employed in this way with institutions will end with a labor contract with the agency.
According to the Law on Higher Education, those who are assigned to Ajanst will be paid university leave on university campus. The regulation on liability insurance will come into force two years after the publication of the law.
The appropriations and expenditures needed until the budget of the Agency is put into effect shall be met from the budget of the Prime Ministry.
Moving tools, materials, fixtures and projects carried out by the General Directorate of Aeronautics and Astronautics removed and contracts related thereto shall be transferred to the Agency without any further action, together with all rights and obligations. The amount remaining from the appropriations allocated for the projects to the General Directorate of Aeronautics and Space Technologies will be transferred to the Agency budget for use in the same projects and processes.
Employed or assigned personnel of the General Directorate of Aeronautics and Space Technologies will be assigned to the Agency Presidency and Members of the Board and assigned to the Agency with the projects, works and transactions carried out with the current staff and titles until the organization of the agency is completed.
Those who are determined to be returned to their institutions by the decision of the Space Board shall be returned to their existing staff and titles and institutions at the date of the law publication, provided that the demands and rights regarding the differences that may arise between the Agency staff and positions are paid by the Agency to its employees and positions. Employees who continue their employment in the agency's staff as determined by the Board will be excused from their institutions for up to 5 years.
According to the draft, in order to determine the rights, authorities and obligations related to the operation of the satellites and its infrastructure, a contract between the Agency and Türksat A.Ş will be signed . The duty contract shall be sent to the Council within one year following the establishment of the competent organs of the Agency and the activities of the relevant departments.
According to the bill, the first appointed president's term of office will be 6 years. A total of 107 cadres will be created in the Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications.
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