OMO, a non-profit NGO, was established under the Turkish Engineer and Architect Chambers Union Law in 1954.

OMO is a corporate body and a professional organization inline with the Turkish Constitution.

The Main Regulation (2006) defines the objectives of OMO.

OMO is the legal representative of three different professional groups:

• Forest Engineers,
• Forest Industrial Engineers,
• Wood Products Industrial Engineers,

OMO is an affiliated chamber to the Union of Chamber of Turkish Engineers and Architects.