Elektrik Mühendisleri Odasi aka EMO its legal basis is stated here http://www.emo.org.tr/genel/sss.php?grubu=%DCYEL%DDK%20%DD%DELEMLER%DD http://www.emo.org.t

Elektrik Mühendisleri Odasi aka EMO its legal basis is stated here http://www.emo.org.tr/genel/sss.php?grubu=%DCYEL%DDK%20%DD%DELEMLER%DD http://www.emo.org.tr/genel/sss.php?grubu=%DCYEL%DDK%20%DD%D... basically if you engage in anything that is considered to be an engineering task (inc. computer/software/biomedical) you have to be registered. They are basically taxing you every year for graduating from your discipline. edit: They claim to have 40,000 members I think, at 65 a pop that would be 2.5 million dollars a year. Not bad. Of course, as many Turks try to avoid taxes a lot of them skip these payments as well.