Editorial

Dear colleagues,
I am excited and pleased to be addressing you as the Editor-in-Chief of the Turkish Journal of Surgery, in which I have previously acted as part of different committees.
An intense effort is being made to improve and advance our profession as well as to solve our colleagues’ problems as the Turkish Surgical Association. Providing scientific support and arranging organizations have an important role within such efforts.
The Turkish Journal of Surgery has been published in Turkish for a long period. It began publication in both Turkish and English 2 years ago, and as of today, starting with the first issue of the 32nd volume, the journal is going to be entirely published in English. Our journal’s acceptance within the PubMed directory was a very important accomplishment for our Society.
We are delighted to announce that outstanding scholars both from our country and abroad have been added to our Editorial and Publication Boards.
A great effort is being paid to provide rapid evaluation of submitted articles and to publish articles that contribute to science.
Our main goal for our journal is its being part of SCI and SCI-Expanded indexed journals. Publication of high-quality clinic and experimental studies in our journal is vital to achieve this goal. In addition, using articles that have been published in our journal as references in articles to be published in international journals is even more important in this regard.
It is obvious that these goals can be achieved with the support and contributions of our distinguished fellow colleagues. I would like to extend my gratitude for your support and contribution in advance. Hoping to meeting in the future issues that will include high-quality articles with increasing scientific contribution in each issue.
Prof. Mustafa ŞAHİN
Editor in Chief