Mesut Teleş, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Niğde Zübeyde Hanım School of Health, Department of Health Management at Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Turkey. He holds a MSc and a PhD in healthcare management. His research focuses on quality in healthcare, patient safety culture, readiness for hospital discharge, work stress and multi variable statistical analysis.

Dr. Ibrahim Duyar received his Ph.D. in educational leadership from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He served as a school principal, director of schools, university professor, and consultant in local, national, and international organizations. Dr. Duyar is currently a tenured full-research professor at the Center for Excellence in Education, Arkansas State University, USA. Dr. Duyar teaches doctoral-level courses, including advanced leadership theories, leading change and organizational behavior, and educational policy and politics of education. Dr. Duyar’s research focuses on the antecedents, processes, and outcomes of workplace attitudes, behaviors, and performance of the educational workforce, with a special focus on the effects of leadership. His interdisciplinary research connects educational leadership praxis with industrial psychology, psychology, and sociology. 

Prof. Dr. Ramazan Erdem received his bachelor's degree in 1994, his master's degree in 1997, and his doctorate in 2003 in Health Management from Hacettepe University (Türkiye). In 2009, he became an Associate Professor in Management and Organization, and in 2014, he was promoted to Professor. Since 2009, he has been a faculty member and head of the Department of Health Management in the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Süleyman Demirel University. Prof. Erdem is a member of the Health Administrators Association, the European Union Health Research Center (ABSAM), the International Strategic Health Research Center (USSAM), and the Medical Decision Science Association of Taiwan (MEDSAT). Additionally, he has served on the Board of the Institute for Turkish Health Policy Studies since 2017. His main research interests include critical management and medical studies, health sociology, and the impact of global warming and climate change on healthcare. He holds leadership roles in several academic initiatives, including founding the Workshop of Critical Perspectives in Management (2017) and the Workshop of Health Sociology (2020). Currently, he directs the Thematic Research Group on Global Warming, Climate Change, and Healthcare Services, focusing on sustainable healthcare solutions in response to environmental challenges.

Dr. Halil ŞENGÜL began his undergraduate studies at Karadeniz University Faculty of Medicine in 1983. He transferred to Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine in 1985 and graduated with a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1989.

He completed his specialist training at the Child Health and Diseases Clinic of Haseki Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, between 1994 and 1998.

Between 1998 and 2002, he held various positions in private healthcare institutions and began working as a specialist physician at the Child Health and Diseases Clinic of Haseki Training and Research Hospital in 2002. That same year, he was appointed Deputy Chief Physician and held this position until 2014.

He continued his academic career in 2015 as Head of the Department of Hospital Management at Beykent University's Faculty of Health Sciences. In 2016, he assumed the roles of Head of the Department of Health Management and Department Head at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University's Faculty of Health Sciences. He resigned from his administrative duties in 2019 and continued his academic work as an Assistant Professor. He became an Associate Professor in Health Management in 2021 and was reappointed as Head of the Department and Department Head of Health Management in 2022.
In addition to his academic work, he completed the Sociology Undergraduate Program at Istanbul University between 2016 and 2020 and the Health Management Doctorate Program at Medipol University in 2022. While working at Haseki Training and Research Hospital, he served as a Quality Auditor for the Ministry of Health, conducting quality assessments in numerous public, private, and university hospitals. He currently serves as an assessor for TÜSKA (Turkish Institute for Healthcare Quality and Accreditation). Associate Professor Dr. Halil ŞENGÜL, who has published numerous national and international articles, proceedings, and book chapters in his field, currently serves as the Head of the Department of Health Management and Department Chair at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University.

Prof., Dr. R.S. Abdullayeva currently works as a department head at the Institute of Economics of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan and a professor at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (with 0.5 staff units). She is the author of more than 120 scientific works (including 3 individual, 13 collective monographs, 1 textbook) published in Azerbaijani, Russian, Turkish, English, Chinese. Her scientific works have been published in prestigious international scientific databases (SCOPUS, Dergipark, IDOSI, etc.). Her scientific works have been published in Turkey, the United States of America, Malta, Great Britain, Hungary, the UAE, Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine and other countries. She has delivered reports at 40 local and international scientific conferences. 4 dissertations have been defended under the leadership of R.S. Abdullayeva. She conducts scientific research on the state regulation of the social protection system, labor market, healthcare system, ensuring social security, repatriation of internally displaced persons, etc. The results of his research were used in the Ministry of Economy, the Central Bank, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population, and the State Statistical Committee. He has more than 20 years of scientific and pedagogical experience. He is the chairman of the Public Union of Economists of Turkic-Speaking States. In 2006, he was awarded the "Young Scientist of the Year" award by the Ministry of Youth and Sports for his achievements in the field of science.