Tamer is a graduate of the Department of Maritime Management and Transportation Engineering, Turkey. He worked in Italy between 2004 and 2005 where he became involved in dialogue and cultural activities in Rome, Venice and Milan. He has also volunteered for dialogue NGOs and organisations in other parts of the world, organising events in 12 different countries. In this role he organised intercultural trips for over 2000 people between 2007 and 2009.

Between 2009 and 2010 Tamer volunteered for the Fellowship Dialogue Society based in Southampton before coming to London to join the Dialogue Society team.

Amir has a Diploma of Higher Education in Law with Business from Brighton University and is currently completing an LLB degree at Kingston University. He undertook a political science course in 2008 at the University of Detroit where he also took part in organising many intercultural events for the American Balkan community. Amir speaks four languages and is now learning to speak Chinese. His interests include digital photography, cycling, playing squash, cooking and travelling.

Amir joined the Dialogue Society as a part-time intern in January 2010 with responsibilities including the Dialogue School and support for Dialogue Society's newly emerging branches. Amir is now Dialogue Society’s Westminster Borough volunteer.

Suleyman graduated from the English Language Department of Gazi University in 1997. Since then he has been teaching in various institutions. He did post-graduate studies on Human Resources Management at Sakarya University. [He worked as an educational adviser and teacher for the Turkish Embassy in London from 2005 to July 2010.] He is currently the coordinator of Eltham Turkish School in South-East London. In January 2011 he joined the Dialogue Society as its South London volunteer. An enthusiastic cyclist, Suleyman is married and has three children.

Omer Faruk Aykol graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Gazi University, Turkey. Shortly after his graduation he joined the Turkish Military, commenced military training at Tuzla Infantry School in 1994 and became a lieutenant. Between 1995 and 1996 he was stationed at the Turkish-Syria Border. Between 1997 and 2001 he worked for Tarisbank in Izmir, Turkey. In 2001 he relocated to London where he worked for Goldas, Turkey’s leading jewellery manufacturer as its Marketing Manager and at Turkey’s state owned Turkiye Is Bankasi branch in London in its Financial Institutions & Settlements Department. He is on the executive committee of a number of charitable organisations and is a member of the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC). He is married with two children.