{{Short description|Charitable organization}} {{Infobox company | name = Turkish Green Crescent <br> ''Türk Yeşilayı'' | logo = File:Yeşilay logo.svg | type = Charitable organization | hq_location = Istanbul, Turkey | founded = 1920 (as Hilâl-i Ahdar Cemiyeti)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yesilay.org.tr/en/corporate/history|title=yesilay.org.tr|accessdate=6 February 2017}}</ref> | revenue = | website = http://www.yesilay.org.tr }}
'''Green Crescent''' ({{langx|tr|Yeşilay}}) is a non-profit organisation that fights smoking, alcohol, and other addictions such as drug use, and provides services and protection methods to all citizens, especially the young, affected by harmful habits.<ref name="off">{{cite web | url=http://www.yesilay.org.tr/en | title=Official website | accessdate=23 April 2015}}</ref> It was established on 5 March 1920 in Istanbul.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.eurocare.org/about_us/membership/turkish_green_crescent_society_tuerkiye_yesilay_cemiyeti | title=Eurocare | accessdate=23 April 2015}}</ref> One of its chairs was Ayhan Songar.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ayhan Songar 1926-1997|url=https://uskudar.edu.tr/tr/bilim-insani/ayhan-songar |publisher=Üsküdar University|access-date=19 April 2024|language=tr}}</ref>
==Memberships of international organisations== As of 2015, the Green Crescent is a member of the following: *Board of Directors of Europe Against Drugs (EURAD), *Board of Directors of European Alcohol Policy Alliance (EUROCARE), *International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP), *has special consultative status with the United Nations Economic Social Council (ECOSOC), *Vienna NGO Committee, the civilian network of the UN Office On Drugs and Crime (UNODC), *International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://idpc.net/profile/turkish-green-crescent-society | title=IDPC | accessdate=23 April 2015}}</ref> *Avicenna Health Association formed within the body of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in order to conduct activities in the field of health policies, *president of the Addiction Working Group, consisting of doctors from many countries, within the body of the Federation of Islamic Medical Associations (FIMA), *International Silk Road Medical Research Center based in the People’s Republic of China.
==Global reach== An initiative is underway to gather national Green Crescents of various countries under one roof as the World Green Crescents Federation based in Istanbul.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.haberler.com/dunya-yesilay-federasyonu-kuruluyor-6910900-haberi/ | title=Dünya Yeşilay Federasyonu Kuruluyor}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.yeniumutgazetesi.com/haber/dunyayesilayfederasyonukuruluyor-606.html | title=Yeni Umut - Dünya Yeşilay Federasyonu kuruluyor | accessdate=23 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202103536/http://yeniumutgazetesi.com/haber/dunyayesilayfederasyonukuruluyor-606.html | archive-date=2 February 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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Category:Organizations established in 1920 Category:Organizations based in Istanbul Category:1920 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
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