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340 NEWSLETTER 2019 Finally, the TFF’s board of directors employs coordinators for administrative work of the DRC, and for the submission of the cases before the DRC to the Board of Presidents and related arbitrators. The coordinators work under, and report to, the Board of Presidents. Upon the suggestion of the Presidency of the DRC, the TFF’s board of direc- tors designates secretaries for secretarial services 8 . Jurisdiction of DRC Jurisdiction of the DRC in Accordance with the Regulations of 2011-2019 From its establishment in 2007 until 2009, the DRC had been exclusively responsible for examining all disputes arising from the contracts related to football, and functioned as a mandatory arbitration body in accordance with the former Law numbered 3813 9 . The TFF Law, which entered into force in 2009, did not include any provisions regarding the duties and jurisdiction of the DRC; in other words, the initiative was left to the TFF concerning the jurisdiction of the TFF. In accordance with the amendment made in Article 59 of the Turkish Constitution in 2011 10 , Articles 55 and 56 of the TFF Statute were also amended, and the DRC was regulated as both voluntary and mandatory arbitrations. Pursuant to this amendment, the parties were free to accept the jurisdiction of the DRC (voluntary arbitration) in disputes arising from Football Contracts. Meanwhile, they were obliged to choose, exclusively, the DRC as a competent authority for the resolution of the disputes related to sporting penalties and training compensation (mandatory arbitration). 8 UÇK Talimatı, m. 5. 9 Law on Regarding Establishment and Duty of Turkish Football Federation num- bered 3813 was abolished by Law on Regarding Establishment and Duty of Turk- ish Football Federation numbered 5894. 10 With the amendment made in 2011, the second paragraph of the following was added to Article 59 of the Constitution: “The decisions of sporting federations re- lating to the administration and discipline of sporting activities may be challenged only through compulsory arbitration. The decisions of the Board of Arbitration are final, and shall not be appealed to any judicial authority.