Board of Directors

Mehmet Dinç graduated from the Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance at Marmara University. He earned a master’s degree in Education from RMIT University, in Clinical Psychology from Okan University, and in Narrative Therapy from the University of Melbourne. He completed his PhD at Marmara University with a focus on internet addiction. He also spent one year as a visiting scholar at the University of Melbourne.

He is currently working in the Department of Psychology at Hasan Kalyoncu University and serves as a member of the International Faculty Board at the Dulwich Centre. His research interests include digital addictions, psychological resilience, and narrative therapy. He is married and has two children.

Amb. Dr. Mehmet Güllüoğlu was born in 1982 in Konya, Turkey. After completing his higher education at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, he began working as a medical doctor. Güllüoğlu successfully completed training programs in areas such as humanitarian aid, health assistance, and EU projects, and participated in numerous aid projects with various non-governmental organizations, volunteering as a doctor in many countries.

He has worked as an administrator at the Doctors Worldwide Association and the Istanbul Provincial Health Directorate, and he also completed the Public Health Doctorate Program at Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine.

In 2013, he assumed the role of Director General of the Turkish Red Crescent, and in 2017, he took on duties at the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) of the Turkish Ministry of Interior. During the same period, he served as a member of the Presidential Social Policies Council.

Dr. Güllüoğlu served as the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Tanzania from 2021 to 2024 and, as of 2024, continues his diplomatic service as a Central Ambassador. He is married with four children and speaks English.

Ahmed Yussein Pehlivan, born on 2 November 1965 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He is a civil society leader dedicated to community service, with long-standing experience in cultural, religious, and addiction prevention initiatives. Since 2015, he has been serving as the President of the Green Crescent Bulgaria Association, where he manages international collaborations and leads youth and addiction prevention programs. He is also a Board Member of the International Federation of Green Crescent (UYEF).

He was born in Çorum in 1963. At the age of six, he migrated with his family, first to Ankara, and in 1969 to Melbourne, Australia, where he still resides. He completed his primary, secondary, and higher education in Australia. In 1985, Ateş graduated from the Department of Translation and Sociology at Deakin University. He later studied Arabic at the Middle Eastern Studies Department of the University of Melbourne and completed a teaching program at Monash University. Throughout his career, he worked as an interpreter and consultant in various service units affiliated with different ministries. In 1997, together with a group of friends, he entered the business world by establishing Pacific International, the company that owns the Freshplus supermarket chain. Since 1977, he has volunteered in numerous national and international non-governmental organizations. He has been among the founding members of many associations, foundations, schools, and mosques. Representing the Turkish community in Australia, he has participated as a delegate and speaker in national and international meetings. For many years, Ateş has also been writing newspaper columns and providing commentary on radio. He is married and has one child.

He is a Professor of internal medicine and former Director of the Postgraduate Program, in the Department of Medicine at Makerere University College of Health Sciences. In this capacity, he cares for patients with internal medicine diseases especially those affecting the liver and gastrointestinal tract including alcohol addiction causing liver cirrhosis. He has taught gastroenterology and professionalism to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. He was given the Best Teacher Award for the year 2011 and Distinguished Teaching Award Clinicals for the year 2025, by Makerere University Medical Students Association. He specializes in internal medicine with a special interest in gastroenterology and hepatology. He had his medical training at Makerere University, Khartoum University, University of London and University of Edinburgh. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London. He is a Clinical Examiner for the Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom. He is the Executive Director of the Islamic Medical Association of Uganda. He is the President of the Uganda Green Crescent Society. He is a member of the Board of Directors, of the International Federation of Green Crescents (IFGC). He received the 50th National Independence Golden Jubilee Medal for outstanding service to Uganda. This medal was awarded by the President of Uganda Mr. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on 1st May 2016. It is the highest medal award given to civilians in Uganda. It is given to those who have significantly contributed to the development of Uganda since Independence in 1962 by being patriotic and providing outstanding services to the country.

Dr. Jasmin Latovic, born on December 9, 1987, in Novi Pazar, Serbia, is a physician specialized in Emergency Medicine, Radiology, and Interventional Radiology. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Kragujevac and has been working at the General Hospital Novi Pazar since 2013. Fluent in Serbian, Bosnian, German, and English, he combines strong clinical expertise with excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills. Dr. Latovic is actively involved in humanitarian and voluntary work, serving as President of the Green Cross–Green Crescent (Yeşilay) and contributing to organizations such as Open Hand and Svetionik.

Dr. Murtaza Ali is a historian and academic specializing in Ancient History, with a PhD (2023) and a Master’s degree (2017) in Ancient History from Gaziantep University, and a Bachelor’s degree (2012) in Archaeology and Art History from the Lebanese University. He has broad professional experience as a consultant, translator, radio director, researcher, and educator in various organizations and also worked as an archaeologist at the Lebanese University. He currently serves as the President of the Green Crescent Syria Association and is a Board Member of the International Federation of Green Crescent (UYEF).

Era Catur Prasetya is a psychiatrist possesses comprehensive skills to help address mental and behavioral disorders through a biological approach as a medical doctor, conducting psychotherapy, and prescribing psychopharmaceuticals as part of the treatment management process.

He was born in 1972, in Kyrgyzstan. He completed his all school education levels in Kyrgyzstan. He graduated from the management faculty, industrial engineering department at the Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in 1997. He did MBA at Cardiff Metropolitan University in UK in 2010. He worked in different international companies between 1997 and 2012 like as Evyap, Colgate&Palmolive, Anadolu Grubu and MegaCom in Istanbul, Almaty and Bishkek cities. Beginning from 2013 he is managing own business in distribution and construction fields. He is married and has 3 sons.