# Green Crescent

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{{Short description|Charitable organization}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Turkish Green Crescent <br> ''Türk Yeşilayı''
| logo = File:Yeşilay logo.svg
| type = [Charitable organization](/source/Charitable_organization)
| hq_location = [Istanbul](/source/Istanbul), [Turkey](/source/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](/source/non-profit_organisation) that fights smoking, alcohol, and other addictions such as [drug use](/source/Substance_abuse), 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](/source/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](/source/Ayhan_Songar).<ref>{{cite web|title=Ayhan Songar 1926-1997|url=https://uskudar.edu.tr/tr/bilim-insani/ayhan-songar |publisher=[Üsküdar University](/source/%C3%9Csk%C3%BCdar_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](/source/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>

==References==
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