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heartfelt task that will continue
until your last breath. I believe
that each of my brothers here
will bear this rank with honor
and pride, but also with a sense
of duty in their business and
private lives.”
“Green Crescent is the center
of solution and treatments in
the fight against addictions”
Green
Crescent
President
Prof. Mücahit Öztürk thanked
President
Recep
Tayyip
Erdoğan for his support and
congratulated the individuals
and
organizations
awarded
as
“Best
Green
Crescent
Supporters”.
Continuing
his speech at the ceremony,
Prof. Öztürk said, “We carry
out preventive, protective and
rehabilitative
public
health
activities in order to raise
awareness against addiction.
Today, Green Crescent has a
say not only in Turkey, but also
globally. In addition, it is taking
firm steps toward becoming
the center for solutions and
treatment in the fight against
addiction by diversifying its
activitiesrelatedtopublichealth.
To this end, we are expanding
the coverage of Green Crescent
Training
and
Counseling
Center
(YEDAM)
activities,
providing
free
psychosocial
and rehabilitation services to
alcohol and drug addicts and
their relatives. Furthermore, as
a national rehabilitation model,
we are establishing a Green
Crescent Rehabilitation Center
after making an analysis of
such facilities in 20 countries,
as an integrated treatment and
recovery center for addicts.”
“Best Green Crescent
Supporters” Awarded
At the 5th Phoenix Awards
Ceremony this year, awards
were
handed
to
Mevlüt
Uysal, the Mayor of Istanbul
Metropolitan Municipality in the
politics category, to Ceza in art,
to Bobby Dixon Ali Muhammed
in sports, to Prof. Marc Potenza
in academia, the NTV in media
and to Turkcell in social
responsibility.
World-Renowned Photographer
Bispuri’s Exhibition “Hidden Stories”
At the 2nd International Drug Policies
and Public Health Symposium held by
Green Crescent on November 26–27,
2018, the perils of drug addiction were
depicted through the lens of world-
renowned Italian photographer Valerio
Bispuri. Bispuri’s “Hidden Stories”
exhibition, based on a concept of “For the
Sake of Humanity”, portrayed substance
addiction and its perils from an artistic
point of view. In the exhibition, Bispuri
described the destruction wreaked by
addictive substances on society and
individuals with striking frames, and
showing how the damage caused by
addiction knows no borders, races
or nations, particularly through his
photographs of the hideous dramas of
people living in the suburbs in South
America.
Bispuri said that he was very happy
to have the opportunity to exhibit his
photographs in such a meaningful
context at the 2nd International Drug
Policies and Public Health Symposium:
“When I took the pictures, I saw the
dramatic consequences of addiction,
the people who suffered. I witnessed
that the harm done by addiction knows
no borders, races or nations,” he said.
Valerio Bispuri has won many awards,
including Japan’s 9th Day in 2013, the
International Journalism Award and the
2013 Sony World Photography Award in
the “Contemporary Issues” category.
“Bottom of the Bottle” exhibition by
Green Crescent
GreenCrescent,inAlcoholAwarenessWeek,
hosted a shocking exhibition revealing the
damage caused by alcohol, both to the
individual and to society, entitled “Bottom
of the Bottle”. The exhibitions, which were
held in the most central parts of Istanbul,
one of the world’s largest metropolises,
serve a valuable purpose in highlighting
the effects of alcohol use, pricking
society’s conscience. The exhibitions were
presented to the public at Karaköy Pier
with the support of City Lines on November
21–25, 2018, at the Beyazıt State Library on
March 15, 2019 and at the Gaziosmanpaşa
District Public Library on June 3, 2019.
Addiction as drawn by international
cartoonists
Green
Crescent
presented
some
outstanding works to the residents
of Istanbul in the International Green
Crescent Cartoon Contest, which was
organized in order to raise awareness
of addiction in the public eye. The most
outstanding works entered into the 3rd
International Green Crescent Cartoon
Contest, in which 414 participants from 51
countries submitted a total of 787 works,
were exhibited at Istanbul’s centers of
attraction. The exhibitions attracted a
great deal of attention at Kadıköy Square
on March 1–7, 2019; on Istanbul City Lines
ferries on February 9, 2019; at the Istanbul
Caddebostan Culture Center on July
16–19, 2019; at the Istanbul Tepe Natuilus
Shopping Center on July 20–27, 2019; in the
Istanbul Kadıköy Subway betweenMay 29–
June 5, 2018; at the Cemal Reşit Rey Concert
Hall on April 20, 2018, etc.
GREEN CRESCENT RAISES
AWARENESS THROUGH ART
Green Crescent draws upon the social
influence of art to reveal the shocking
consequences of addiction. Its intention is to
raise awareness of addiction in the society
through exhibitions, held both nationally and
internationally.
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