Article 216 of Companies Law

The extraordinary general meeting shall convene upon an invitation from the board of directors, or upon a reasoned request from shareholders representing fifteen percent of the company’s issued capital or from the Ministry. The board of directors must invite the extraordinary general meeting to convene within thirty days from the date of submission of the request. If the board of directors does not invite the general meeting within the period stipulated in the preceding paragraph, the Ministry shall issue the invitation to the meeting within fifteen days from the date of expiry of the period referred to in the preceding paragraph.