Ümit Aktaş is a trained physician specializing in acupuncture. After completing his master’s degree in phytotherapy, he practices medicine at his own clinic in Istanbul. Aktaş also works at Bahçeşehir University as Phytotherapy Education Coordinator. One of the first physicians from Turkey to be trained in phytotherapy, Aktaş wrote two books titled “İlaçsız Yaşam (Drug-free Life)” and “Bitkisel Kürlerle İlaçsız Tedavi (Drug-free Treatment with Herbal Cures).”