Graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in 1993. Kınık received his PhD of Disaster Medicine from Bezmialem Vakıf University Health Sciences Institute. Worked as an administrator in the Ministry of Health and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, as a council member in the Istanbul 10th Term Provincial Assembly and as the chairman of the Health Commission. He represented Istanbul in the European Union Regional Assembly Health and Social Policies Commission. Kınık, who also works as general manager in some national and international technology companies, still works as a faculty member at the University of Health Sciences and he is also the Head of Emergency and Disaster Management Department of same university. Starting from his university years, he volunteered for humanitarian aid in various organizations. Worked as a volunteer physician during the Kosovo War and the Marmara Earthquake. Served as the President of Doctors Worldwide Turkey and led humanitarian activities and projects in numerous conflict and disaster areas such as Pakistan, Palestine, Central Africa, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has written many articles on humanitarian aid, immigration policies, development, humanitarian law and humanitarian diplomacy. He was elected as the Deputy Chairman in 2015 and as the Chairman in 2016 in the Türk Kızılay, which he entered voluntarily in 2004. From 2015 to November 2017, he was a board member of the IFRC International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. He was elected as the IFRC Vice President responsible for Europe and Central Asia Region at the 21st IFRC Legal Meetings held in Antalya on 6 November 2017. During his term as Chairman of the Board of Directors, Türk Kızılay made significant progress in terms of restructuring and institutional development, increasing volume, efficiency and productivity, and internationalization. He speaks English and intermediate-level Arabic.