Koray Başar is an adult psychiatrist working as associate professor at the Department of Psychiatry, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye. His main interest is the mental health of sexual and gender minorities, and their families, as a clinician, researcher, and educator. He was trained as a sex therapist in the Society for Sexual Education, Treatment, and Research (CETAD) in Türkiye, served as an executive committee member of the Society from 2018-2020, and still acts as an educator in training programs. He is the past president of the Psychiatric Association of Türkiye (2021-2022), and the current president of the Turkish Association of Nervous and Mental Health (2024-). He is the secretary of the Steering Committee of the European Psychiatric Association Council of National Psychiatric Associations. He is a member of the board of European Professionals Association for Transgender Health (EPATH) and the secretary of the EPA Section “Sexual Orientations and Gender Identities.”