The Property of Social Associations Social associations and their organizations may own buildings, structures, apartments, equipment, inventory, property of cultural awareness and health care significance, monetary resources, stocks, securities, and other property necessary for the material support of the activities anticipated in their charters. The property of social associations may also include publishing houses, other enterprises, and charitable organizations formed from the resources of these associations in accordance with the goals outlined in their charters. Legislative acts of Turkmenistan may establish the types of property which in consideration of state and public security, or in accordance with international treaties, may not be the property of social associations. The monetary resources of social associations form from entrance and membership fees, if these payments are anticipated in the charter, from voluntary contributions and donations, from funds from lectures, exhibitions, athletic and other events, and lotteries carried out in accordance with the charter, from income from production, economic, and publishing activities, and from other funds acquired legally. Political parties do not have the right to receive financial or other material assistance from foreign states, organizations, or citizens.
Political parties publish their budgets each year for general inspection.
The law protects the property of social associations. The authority of unions and their constituent associations to own, use, and dispose of property belonging to these unions and their constituent associations is determined by the charter of the union of social associations. Mass Media and Publishing Activity of Social Associations Social associations have the right to establish mass media and carry out publishing activity in accordance with the legislation of Turkmenistan on the press and other mass media. Monitoring the Activities of Social Associations Procuracy agencies carry out the work of monitoring the compliance of social associations with the law. The Ministry of Justice of Turkmenistan monitors the association's functioning in accordance with the goals outlined in its charter and has the right to send its representatives to participate in the activities being carried out by the social association and to receive explanations from members of the social association and other citizens concerning questions related to compliance with the social association's charter.