Sabri Dereli was born in 1947, Balıkesir. He graduated from Istanbul Islam Institute. He started his career in 1969, as a bureu clerk at Istanbul Mufti Affairs. In 1974, he started working at the Branch Directorate of Foundations, as the director at the Directorate of Graduate Education Student Dormitory, and as Deputy Director at Real Estate and Revenues. He quit his position and started working at the Directorate of Ensar Foundation in 1981. He worked in the publishing sector for 12 years, starting from 1983. He was assigned to become the Director of IMM-Florya Social Touristic Facilities in 1994. Between 1995 and 2001, he worked as the head of IMM-Department of Editorship. With the establishment of the Department of Editorship and Conclusions in 2001, he became the first head director of the department. He was assigned to A.P.K Directorate in 2002, and then to the Directorate of Control in 2003. On 03.05.2004, he was again assigned to be the head of the Department of Editorship and Conclusions. Dereli who is appointed as Deputy Secretary General, is one of the founders of Press Union, Turkey Voluntary Culture Organization, and Ensar Foundation. He is married with three children.