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We are pleased to publish the third

issue of Green Crescent Magazine, the

English adapted version of Turkey's

oldest health and lifestylemagazine.

It is of great value to us to share on an

international platformour 100-year

background through our magazine,

Turkey's sole periodical publication on

addictions.

The Turkish Green Crescent Society

is sticking to its vision of being

an exemplary nongovernmental

organization (NGO) as it takes

great strides toward its centennial

anniversary of establishment. Poised

to protect the society fromharmful

habits indiscriminately andwith

emphasis on human dignity and

esteem, the Turkish Green Crescent

Society fights tobacco, alcohol, drug,

gambling and technology addiction

with scientificmethods. As a public

health organization that conducts

preventive and rehabilitative activities,

the Turkish Green Crescent Society

is striving tomake Turkey a paragon

of fight against addictions. In the light

of this vision, we have established

branches in Turkey and 34 national

Green Crescents around theworld.

In 2013, we amended our bylaws

to add rehabilitation services to

our scope of activities. In 2015, we

established the Green Crescent

Counseling Center (YEDAM) to

provide psychological counseling and

rehabilitation support to alcohol and

drug addicts and their relatives free

of charge. Scaling up our international

activities, wemanaged to acquire a

global NGO status in 2016.

As part of our efforts for international

organization, we undersigned the

establishment declaration of the

International Federation of Green

Crescents with the participation

of 34 national Green Crescents.

We ensured that the Turkish Green

Crescent Society acquired the special

consultative status with the United

Nations Economic Social Council

(ECOSOC) andwas awardedwith

the European Foundation for Quality

Management (EFQM) "Committed

to Excellence and Recognised for

Excellence 3 star" certificates.

In this issue, we touch on all these

processes and our global cooperation

efforts. We thank all our stakeholders

and volunteers who support us in our

fight to save generations and future

fromaddictions.

Wishing to achieve healthy, happy and

strong societies worldwide, far from

addictions...

Prof. Mücahit Öztürk

President of the Turkish Green Crescent Society

Global Green Crescent

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